New Delhi: A great chaos and confusions occurred at the Delhi University, when as a many as 15,000 students of the varsity appearing for the second semester exam were in an utter shock when the scholars from all honours courses, except English, were supplied incorrect question paper.
The question papers for both the Sanskrit concurrent course as well as the English language credit course were based on text books that the students had not been taught. An English professor at LSR College said that it was an English language credit course paper and that the question paper was from some other textbook called 'Individual and Society'. The title of the paper was the same but the content was completely different, the professor added.
Professors claimed that 40 students were affected by the glitch in the Sanskrit paper; while close to 15,000 students were affected by the glitch in the English paper. Sources said that the students had to for two long hours before they were given the correct handwritten question paper at 11am.
A Delhi University Teacher's Association member claimed that it was a very serious issue in which close to 15,000 students had been affected by the fiasco. The member further added that they kept calling the University, the moment they realized the error, but the University did not respond to their call. So, finally the DUTA decided upon to get handwritten, scribbled papers at 11am, which was two hours after the exam was supposed to begin.
The University officials however blamed it on the respective departments, saying that they should have been more careful in finalizing and choosing the right paper.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Dinesh Singh said that people must exercise restraint before casting aspersions. He further added that though the students have claimed that they had been supplied the wrong question paper in both Sanskrit and English. But these papers are set by the respective departments, he said.
The VC added that they had to look for the original paper and then send it. The exam branch officials worked very hard to rectify the error.
The error authorities claimed that an incorrect code was assigned to the question papers, as a result of which the wrong bundle had been dispatched to the colleges.
This year even the Hindu language question paper had errors as it was set for 38 marks and two hours, which would have been 75 marks with three-hour duration.
A DU official said that they rectified the paper soon and the students got three hours to write the paper. The marks will also be moderated according to a 75-mark paper.
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