Varsity to conduct re-exam in Dec after BMS paper leak

Updated on: Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Third year students of Bachelors in Management Studies (BMS) will have to reappear for the Human Resources Management (HRM) paper after it was leaked on Friday. Around 10,000 students will be affected by the re-exam.

The decision was taken by the Board of Examination (BoE) of the University of Mumbai on Sunday. Friday’s incident has also prompted the university to consider automated and more secure ways of sending question papers to exam centres.

Controller of examination Vilas Shinde said, “The BoE has resolved to conduct a re-exam only for the HRM paper by mid-December. Students will be informed about the schedule this week. ”

Shinde added, “The university has filed an FIR and set up a committee to conduct an internal inquiry after the vice-chancellor’s committee, headed by management council member S T Gadade, submitted a report confirming the leak.”

The university has filed a complaint under the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994, and the Maharashtra Prevention of Malpractices Act, 1982. The university refused to divulge any information about the paper-setter. “Stringent action will be taken against those found guilty,” said an official.

Shinde said the BoE will meet again to discuss different ways in which question papers can be sent to colleges in a secure manner. “We will consider automated and secure methods of sending question papers to avoid leaks in future. Emails are not a secure mode. We’ll have to consider options like setting up a separate server to send the paper. We’ll come up with some solution,” he said.

A student from SIES College said, “It is not a difficult theory paper and there is a gap of three weeks between the re-exam, so there won’t be any problem. It is a fair decision.”

Varsity to conduct re-exam in Dec after BMS paper leak

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