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Thursday, Jul 07, 2005

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DU entrance exam leaked?

Staff Reporter

Inquiry on into complaints of malpractice and foul play

NEW DELHI: Describing it as a highly "unusual'' case, Delhi University on Wednesday said a high-power independent agency is conducting an enquiry into complaints of malpractice and foul play in the recently announced results of the Combined Entrance Examination.

In a official statement, the University admitted that it had received a complaint "about alleged malpractice indulged in by a few candidates'' in the CEE - 2005 Examination, but added that the process of admission would continue as scheduled despite the enquiry.

First brought to the notice of the University by a Electronics professor who detected the fact that nearly 27 students had not just got the similar ranks but also scores in three subjects, University officials said the decision to hand over the case to an external agency was taken keeping in mind the enormity of the situation.

"When the matter first came to light we knew it was not normal, as it is highly unlikely that so many students get the same marks. Since it seemed to be a very heinous kind of crime we thought it would be better to hand it over to an external agency. The crime seems to have been of cyber nature and there are possibilities that coaching institutes were involved,'' said a senior University official.

While five students were ranked fifth with the same total and the same marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, three students were ranked 25th in the CEE with the students yet again getting the same marks in the three subjects. While two more subjects were in a similar situation in rank 36, there were 11 students who were ranked 56 and again have the same marks in the three subjects. Interestingly none of these students have fared well in the other entrance tests such as All India Engineering Entrance Examination or the Indraprastha University Entrance Test, confirming the suspicion of the University authorities.

The Combined Entrance Examination was conducted in May for admission to engineering courses in the Delhi College of Engineering and the Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology.

With the incident once again putting a question mark over the credibility of competitive examinations, the University community has come out in protest against the irregularity detected in the examination and demanded a fair and independent enquiry.

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