The Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) in Raipur has officially cancelled the B.Sc Agriculture first-year Plant Pathology examination that took place on August 7. This decision follows a police investigation that confirmed the examination paper had been leaked. University officials announced the cancellation on Sunday, emphasizing the integrity of the examination process.
Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya cancelled the first-year Plant Pathology exam after police confirmed the paper was leaked.
The re-test for the leaked Entomology paper is also slated to be held during the same period, they added. The university is taking stringent measures to strengthen examination security and prevent further leaks, they added. This decision was taken at an emergency meeting chaired by IGKV Vice Chancellor Dr Girish Chandel following the August 20 leak of the Entomology question paper, a BSc Agriculture second-year subject, under IGKV, which led to the arrest of a professor and five students of a private college in Durg district. The exam for the August 7 Plant Pathology paper would be re-conducted in the first week of September. Show-cause notices have been issued to the observers appointed by the university for the August 20 second-year Entomology examination and the August 7 first-year Plant Pathology examination at the Durg college, officials said.
The university has also initiated action against Bharatiya Agricultural College, Durg, for allegedly failing to ensure confidentiality of the examination, officials said, adding that a notice has been issued to the college. “Strict disciplinary action will also be taken against students of the college detained by Raipur Police in connection with the August 20 paper leak,” officials said.
