Indian university forced to postpone exam after forgetting to print question papers

94 second semester postgraduate students were unable to sit for their last exam

A university in Bihar forgot to print question papers for a Hindi exam, forcing the university to postpone it.

Ninety-four second semester postgraduate students at Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University (TMBU) were unable to sit for their last exam after the exam papers were not printed. The exam schedule for the students was announced in the second week of March, which gave the university ample time to prepare exam papers.

The vice chancellor of the university has served a show cause notice to the examination controller and the head of the Hindi postgraduation department, according to The Hindustan Times.



Sources, quoting the examination controller, said question papers had never been sent to him to initiate the printing process.

Ashok Thakur, the university's public relations officer said the head of department blamed the mistake on the confusion which had been created by introducing a choice based credit system (CBCS). “The CBCS was introduced to allow students flexibility to choose any subject (from science, arts or commerce streams) in the fourth paper. The Hindi HoD has claimed that printing of question papers could not be initiated as he was not aware which subjects the students opted for in the fourth paper,” Thakur added.

This story originally appeared on The Hindustan Times