Cheating cases in the ongoing Intermediate public exams are multiplying by the day across the state. The number of cheating cases booked against students was in two-digits during the language papers earlier, but it suddenly increased to 114 once the science papers began on March 14.
Officials said this was due to the 25 per cent weightage for marks secured in science subjects while determining the rank in Eamcet.
Over 18 lakh students are appearing for Inter exams in about 2,400 centres across the state that began on March 10.
On the first day, 15 cheating cases were booked against students who sat for the first year second language papers. It came down to 14 for the second year second language paper and increased to 39 each for both first and second year English papers.
From March 15, the mathematics paper for MPC students and botany paper for BiPC students, who constitute 80 per cent of the total 18 lakh students, commenced.
Cheating cases suddenly increased to 114 on March 15 during the first year exams for maths and botany. It touched almost 100 on March 17 for the same papers for second year students.
Officials said they have alerted invigilators, sitting and flying squads across the state, to be more vigilant till the papers for science subjects are over.
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Syllabus confusion in Inter question papers
A goof-up occurred in the Intermediate public exams held on Monday in some districts as question papers with the old syllabus were distributed to students giving the exam for the new syllabus.
The error happened as the centres had question papers with both the old and new syllabus as some students were appearing for the exams having studied the old syllabus.
The mix-up occurred at some exam centres in Karimnagar, Kurnool, Kadapa, Nalgonda and Visakhapatnam. The exam was conducted for first year students in the subjects of mathematics, civics, botany and psychology.
Though there was no problem for the science stream students, the officials at some centres distributed the wrong question papers for the arts stream students.
However, the officials rectified the problem after some students brought the issue to their notice, and even made an exception for old students, reappearing for the exam.
“Some students who had failed the exam two or three years ago, demanded new syllabus question papers (even though they are old students) saying that they prepared for the exams in the new syllabus. The invigilators obliged and gave them new papers, even though this is against the norms,” said Mr G. Balaramaiah, secretary, Board of Intermediate Education (BIE).
And, he made it clear that the students will not be put to loss for the goof-up.
“The answer scripts of the students who wrote the exam in the respective syllabus of old and new formats will be valued as per their question paper only. Hence, this cannot be treated as a deviation or irregularity,” he explained.
Though the Board put the official figure of students affected by the goof-up at just 25, reports from the districts indicated that the number could be more than 600.
The error happened as the centres had question papers with both the old and new syllabus as some students were appearing for the exams having studied the old syllabus.
The mix-up occurred at some exam centres in Karimnagar, Kurnool, Kadapa, Nalgonda and Visakhapatnam. The exam was conducted for first year students in the subjects of mathematics, civics, botany and psychology.
Though there was no problem for the science stream students, the officials at some centres distributed the wrong question papers for the arts stream students.
However, the officials rectified the problem after some students brought the issue to their notice, and even made an exception for old students, reappearing for the exam.
“Some students who had failed the exam two or three years ago, demanded new syllabus question papers (even though they are old students) saying that they prepared for the exams in the new syllabus. The invigilators obliged and gave them new papers, even though this is against the norms,” said Mr G. Balaramaiah, secretary, Board of Intermediate Education (BIE).
And, he made it clear that the students will not be put to loss for the goof-up.
“The answer scripts of the students who wrote the exam in the respective syllabus of old and new formats will be valued as per their question paper only. Hence, this cannot be treated as a deviation or irregularity,” he explained.
Though the Board put the official figure of students affected by the goof-up at just 25, reports from the districts indicated that the number could be more than 600.
