New Delhi: MAKAUT and IIEST have rescheduled the timings of end semester exams to evening hours. In response to the West Bengal government notification regarding temporarily banning internet services in several places of the state on the days of the Class 10 state board exam, the institutes have taken the decision.
MAKAUT controller of examinations Subhasis Dutta said Monday that in the interest of students, all end semester exams of the first semester have been rescheduled to the 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. slot due to the chance of non-availability of internet services during the Madhyamik exam and opinions received from stakeholders in this regard.
According to a notification issued by IIEST deputy registrar Nirmalya Bhattacharya, the 4th, 6th, and 8th semester UG exams will now begin at 5:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 4 p.m., respectively. Previously, the timings were 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., and 4 p.m., respectively.
MAKAUT, IIEST Revised Exam Timings
| MAKAUT (All end semester exams of the first semester) | 4:30 pm - 6 pm |
|---|---|
| IIEST (UG Sem Exam) | 4th Sem - 5:15 pm 6th Sem - 6:30 pm 8th Sem - 4:00 pm |
In an unprecedented move, the West Bengal government has decided to temporarily halt internet access in some portions of the state on the days of the class 10 state board exam, beginning Monday, in order to prevent cheating.
According to a WBBSE official, the decision was made in response to allegations of claimed leaks of question papers via social media platforms from various exam centres in many districts, including Malda and Murshidabad, within an hour of the start of exams in 2019 and 2020.
The WBBSE is in charge of conducting the exam, which was cancelled last year owing to the COVID-19 outbreak. According to the notification, intelligence reports have been received that internet transmission and voice over internet telephony might be utilised for "unlawful operations in some places in the coming days.
The notification also stated, “An assessment of the inputs gives reason to believe that such unlawful activities are likely to occur in the absence of preventive measures”.
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