New Delhi: An intensive investigation delving into the suspected irregular grading practices of two educators sparked a major scandal at Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal College in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. Allegations surfaced suggesting that these professors had been assigning scores to first-year DPharm college students primarily based on irrelevant content material similar to “Jai Shree Ram,” references to cricketers, track lyrics, and different extraneous materials.
The revelation got here to gentle following a meticulous Proper to Info (RTI) request filed by scholar leaders Uddeshya and Divyanshu Singh. Their inquiry claimed that the implicated academics had been accepting bribes from college students in alternate for favorable grades. They particularly demanded a re-evaluation of roughly eighteen DPharma college students' examination reply sheets.
In a proper communication addressed to high-ranking officers together with the Prime Minister, Chief Minister, Governor, and Vice Chancellor, Divyanshu Singh asserted that each professors and college directors have been complicit within the scandal. Singh highlighted cases the place even college students who had acquired a zero have been inexplicably marked as passing with an total rating exceeding 60 per cent.
Subsequent to the RTI probe, discrepancies emerged through the re-evaluation strategy of particular person reply sheets, revealing important disparities within the initially assigned marks. In response to inquiries from Raj Bhavan, the Vice-Chancellor of the College was urged to take swift motion to deal with the problem.
Throughout a gathering of the examination committee held on Wednesday, the implicated examiners, Dr. Vinay Verma and Manish Gupta, have been suspended pending additional investigation.
In the meantime, a troubling video emerged on-line depicting a scholar making an attempt to bribe the instructor accountable for evaluating the reply sheets. The footage showcased the scholar's message inscribed on the reply sheet, indicating that the copy had been handed over to their “Guru,” with an implicit suggestion of favorable remedy. Within the video, the instructor is seen revealing a Rs. 200 notes surreptitiously positioned alongside the tied reply sheet. The video concludes with the instructor marking the reply sheet with a zero, indicating a refusal to succumb to bribery.