RGUHS students get same questions from prep paper of two colleges in final Ayurveda exam
Mar 15, 2025, 23:23 IST
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Bengaluru: A controversy has erupted over the Ayurveda exams conducted by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) after students discovered that their final examination paper was identical to the preparatory question paper of two colleges. The revelation has triggered outrage among students, who are now questioning the fairness of the examination process.
The Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) first professional Sahita Adhyayana-1 final examination was held on March 7, 2025. On Monday, the university received an anonymous mail, stating that the final exam question paper was identical to the preparatory question paper of SDM Ayurveda College, Udupi, and Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya and Hospital, Hubbali. Though the colleges had no role in the question paper that was distributed, the news spread and the students alleged foul play over the conduct of the exam. Thr incident has raised serious concerns about the integrity and fairness of the examination process. University exams are meant to assess students on an equal footing, but if the same questions appear in both a practice test and final exam, it puts some students at an unfair advantage, while leaving others at a disadvantage," alleged Likith Gowda N M, convenor of Jignasa Karnataka South.
"When we set a question paper, we call a group of experts from across Karnataka to prepare it. In June 2023, a set of examiners prepared around 12 question papers. Once they set the question paper, we take the confidentiality clause with them that whatever questions they have set should not be revealed or repeated. However, in this case, one of the examiners released it in Dec for the preparatory examination in their college," explained registrar evaluation of RGUHS, Riyaz Basha.
"Our system is computer-generated. From among the available sets of 10, one question paper was released on March 7. It turned out to be the same paper this examiner used three months back in his college. The same paper was shared between two colleges," he added. "It is not a question paper leak, but it is a fault of the paper setter. There is a clause of confidentiality and a sense of ethics that he has broken. After we were informed of this on March 11, we asked them for an explanation. They have now sent an explanation. On Monday, a committee will go through it. Depending upon how many people have been impacted and the quantum, a call will be taken on the future of the case," he added.
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