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Prof. Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University (PJTAU) has suspended 4 officials of the instauration pursuing the incidental of B.Sc. (Agri) semester exam question insubstantial leakage coming to light. The authorities person besides dismissed 35 in-service students of the people for their alleged engagement successful the leakage.
During a caller sojourn to the College of Agriculture astatine Jagitial by Vice-Chancellor of the assemblage Prof. Aldas Janaiah and others examined the records of the semester exams and closed-circuit camera footage. With doubts of question insubstantial leakage aft watching the camera footage, the Vice-Chancellor appointed a three-member committee for an in-depth enquiry into the issue.
The committee has recovered that 35 third-year students, each moving arsenic Agriculture Extension Officers (AEOs) successful the Agriculture Department, pursuing the people arsenic in-service candidates, were recovered to beryllium liable for the question insubstantial leakage with the assistance of the assemblage staff. The enquiry besides recovered that they had collected wealth from the students for sharing the leaked question papers connected WhatsApp for the past fewer years.
Taking the incidental seriously, the assemblage authorities person suspended the 35 in-service students and surrendered them backmost to their genitor department. The Vice-Chancellor stated that vacancies of respective administrative posts astatine the assemblage level had led to galore irregularities during the 2014-24 play and the question insubstantial leakage was 1 among them.
If required, the substance would beryllium referred to the cyber crimes helping of the constabulary section for a broad probe, the V-C said and assured that specified incidents would not beryllium allowed to recur successful future. The medication would enactment connected improving the standards with the assistance of technology.
