Delhi University Installed Network Jammers in LLB Entrance Exam Centres to Avoid Cheating Menace
After a lot of cases last year, the Delhi University was forced to install phone jammers at exam centres during the Bachelor of Laws entrance test.
Cheating menace has been a serious threat that disturbs the healthy competitiveness in the examination halls. This year, many such cases were highlighted. Be it the board exams or national entrance tests; almost every examination centre reported candidates messing up with the code of conduct of an examination. In order to curb the same, the government have adopted many measures this year. With the advancement of technology, where everybody can connect over smartphones, the internet has often been used as a mode of mass cheating. After a lot of cases last year, the Delhi University was forced to install phone jammers at exam centres during the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) entrance test. Delhi University Releases 7th Cut-Off List, Check Names of Colleges and Courses Available.
This step was taken because of eight FIRs which were filed by DU last year alleging mass cheating. In addition, the TOI reported that the authorities even decided to provide students ‘response sheets’ at the end of the exam replicating the answers they had entered in the online entrance test so that they cannot claim wrong answers due to technical hinder. The examination was conducted over 70 sessions with individual observers being present at the 89 centres across India. All measures were tested before the actual exam, and the jammers were sourced from a Government of India approved company.
One of the DU officials said in the same report that the reason they did not disclose this information in advance because it would have hampered their effort to conduct a just and fair examination. According to the investigation into the last year’s cheating cases, the applicants were found to use WhatsApp feature to connect people outside the exam centre to help with the correct answers. The dean of examinations, Delhi University, Vinay Gupta said, “It was a challenge for us, but we used technology to our advantage and brought transparency into the system.”
Putting such stringent measures in place, it was reported that the passing rate naturally went down as those securing admission through unfair means were deducted. On the other hand. for the School of Open Learning entrance exams, Delhi University changed the examination centre from government and private schools to university colleges so that they have their permanent teachers supervising the proceedings.
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