The Hindu : AU plays down EdCET fiasco

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Tuesday, Jun 18, 2002

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Southern States - Andhra Pradesh

AU plays down EdCET fiasco

By Our Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM JUNE 17. Andhra University, which was entrusted with the conduct of the Common Entrance Test for Bachelor of Education courses in the State this year (EdCET-2002), has sought to play down the fiasco witnessed in the test conducted on Sunday.

There were reports that the candidates went without hall tickets in some places, the question papers arrived late and duplicate hall tickets were issued just half-an-hour before the test commenced. The irate candidates at Anantapur were lathicharged.

The AU Vice-Chancellor, Y.C. Simhadri, when sought his comments during the press meet held to release the AUCET-2002 ranks on Monday, claimed that "EdCET-2002 has been held effectively, efficiently and in a clear and excellent manner.''

When told that candidates faced difficulties from the time application forms were distributed and finally faced a lot of problems on the day of the test, with 15,000 of them missing the test for not receiving the hall tickets, Prof. Simhadri denied that the system had failed.

Replies came immediately from the Vice-Chancellor for every problem of the candidates the reporters brought to his notice. "It is the way you look at the things. Each spectacle glass gives a different vision,'' was what he said when reporters listed the follies. "Those missing the test this year could appear next year,'' he said about those not receiving the hall tickets.

For the delay in the question papers reaching the examination centres, he explained that a bus would have to take a diversion if there was an obstacle on its original route. Regarding some examination centres going without power during the time of test, Prof. Simhadri said that power problem was common all over India.

He declared that there was no possibility of conducting the test again, as being demanded by the candidates who could not attend the test. However, the Vice-Chancellor has asked the Rector, K.L.N. Swamy, to examine the conduct of the examination and submit his report immediately. Prof. Swamy said: "Certain unforeseen things had happened and he would be looking into them.''

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