The Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) on Wednesday cancelled five papers from its sixth semester BCom and BA examinations after the question papers were allegedly leaked.
VNSGU Vice-Chancellor Dr KN Chawda said, “We have cancelled five papers of sixth semester BA and B. Com, due to the leak of B.Com Economics paper. We have set up a 12-member committee to probe the incident.”
The exam for B.Com and BA English, Gujarati, History and Home Science will now be held on April 28 from 2 pm to 4 pm.
The exams were held on Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m., according to VNSGU sources. Bhavesh Rabari, a member of the university Senate, informed Vice-Chancellor Dr. KN Chawda and other authorities an hour before the examination that the B.Com Economics paper had been leaked.
When the examination was underway, the university authorities launched an investigation and discovered that the information was accurate.
According to sources, authorities of Wadia Women’s College in Surat distributed Economics paper in place of Business Administration paper to the students of third year BCom, on Tuesday. Several students informed the supervisor of the mistake when they collected the paper back and distributed Business Administration paper.
The students circulated the paper on social media, but the Wadia administration did not notify the university of the incident. The students were not aware of the incident when the Economics paper was distributed to them on Wednesday.
Question papers, according to VC Chawda, were distributed to colleges two days before the examination.
Senate member Rabari said, “The university has five different exam paper of a single subject. They should have replaced the paper but they took two hours to probe my complaint. We have demanded strict action against those involved.”