Pondicherry University Postpones MBBS Exams Following Question Paper Leak, no revised schedule yet

Puducherry: Medical students are in a dilemma as the first-year MBBS examinations of Pondicherry University, which were
scheduled to start last week, have been postponed due to a question paper leak.
The university has not yet announced a revised schedule.

This postponement affects students enrolled in over a dozen
government and private medical colleges affiliated with the university in Puducherry and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Students arrived at their
respective examination halls on Friday morning only to learn that the exams
were postponed. This decision was made after faculty members at a private
medical college alerted the authorities about the leak, reports Times of India.

The assistant registrar
(medical) sent a circular to the deans and directors of the affiliated
colleges, notifying them of the postponement. However, the circular did not
specify the reason for the delay. “…I am
directed to inform that the examinations scheduled for the MBBS course for August
2024 session…are postponed due to administrative exigencies. The revised
schedule will be intimated shortly. This may be brought to the notice of the students
concerned,” the circular said.

A university official,
speaking on condition of anonymity, mentioned that the examination wing has
frequently been in the news for negative reasons, hinting at ongoing
administrative issues, reports the daily. “It has a lackadaisical approach in scheduling,
conducting exams, and declaring results on time. On a couple of occasions, it
didn’t declare results of UG even after the last date for admission into
postgraduate courses,” he added.

This year’s NEET UG 2024
exam was also mired in controversies after a paper leak scam came to light.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that around 13 people, including four
examinees and their family members, were arrested in Bihar for their alleged
involvement in the paper leak of the NEET-UG exam. Patna police sources had
previously claimed that the NEET-UG question papers along with their answers
were provided to around 20 aspirants a day before the date of the exam i.e. May
5, 2024.