Educationists call upon authorities to set up more stringent measures to check malpractice.

Updated on: Friday, December 14, 2012

With yet another exam scam unearthed by the police involving students from Andhra Pradesh, city educationists said brand Hyderabad was getting tranished and called upon authorities to set up more stringent measures to check malpractice.

The JNTU answer script scam is the latest in the chain of malpractices involving culprits hailing from the state in the recent past.

Kingpins in at least three cases involving exam fraud including Chandigarh (PG Institute of Medical Education and Research entrance), New Delhi (AIIMS PG entrance) and Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission examination) were from the state, police said.

Educationists said the trend might affect the credibility of students taking admission in national institutes in future.
Ajay Jain, commissioner of Technical Education, said, "If more such cases are reported, it will adversely affect the image of students who get into national institutes on their own merit."

"These are times when one black sheep could damage the image of an entire family," he said. Andhra Pradesh students occupy 21 per cent of the seats in premier institutes including IITs and IIMs.

In 2012, two cases were reported involving the accused from Andhra Pradesh.

In September this year Anand Rao, a retired railway employee from Vizag was arrested in association with an answer script scam in Coimbatore while Gurivi Reddy from Kadapa was arrested for rigging the PGIMER examination in Chandigarh.

Gurivi Reddy when arrested was planning to rig AIIMS under graduate examination also. In 2011, CBI officials from the state were after two unnamed kingpins from AP who were involved in AIIMS question paper leak scam. All the cases are under CBI investigation. "We are planning to have a closer collaboration with the state police to curb such unhealthy practices. To maintain the state's image it is advisable to take proactive steps before it becomes too late," said Jain.

In 2010, an attempt to rig Eamcet (Engineering and Medical Common Entrance Test), medical stream examination was thwarted successfully with the collaboration of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University and state police, he pointed out.

Educationists call upon authorities to set up more stringent measures to check malpractice.

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