JEE-Main question paper: Institute writes to HRD ministry, seeks probe
MUMBAI: Days after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
refuted allegations that a few questions in the recently held Joint
Entrance Examination (JEE) Main were taken from a mock question paper
set by a coaching institute, students are still writing to the CBSE to reconsider their complaints.
Moreover, a coaching institute from Mumbai too has written to Ministry
of Human Resource Development (MHRD), seeking intervention in this
matter.
“It’s a matter of the lives of lakhs of students across the
country who work hard to prepare for JEE. We are not trying to blame
this on any one individual or institution, but close to nine questions
in JEE-Main were similar to the ones from a 2016 mock test conducted by a
coaching institute in Andhra Pradesh,” said Vinay Kumar, MD and CEO of
Rao Academy, a coaching institute.
Earlier this week, students pointed out that nine questions from
the Physics section of the JEE-Main written examination that was held on
April 8 were similar to the questions that had appeared in a mock test
conducted by Narayana Academy. Several students wrote to CBSE, asking it to probe the allegations.
“Subject experts put together 1,500 questions in two months. All
are original and handwritten. After that, 90 questions are drawn
randomly and eight to nine sets are prepared. Any one set is randomly
picked for the exam on the final day,” said a CBSE spokesperson, denying claims of similarity between the two papers.
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