Toilets gateway to success

It’s examination season and once again, toilets are the “gateway to success” at various city colleges and Panjab University. Students are using slips (micro photostats) and hiding books in college toilets.

When this correspondent visited some colleges and the university, chits were seen lying in the toilets.

A student of DAV College, Sector 10, said: “We are not using micro-slips for the first time. It is success mantra and without cheating, we can’t even think about an examination.”

In every college and the PU, a committee has been set up to check irregularities during examinations, but it seems the students are least bothered. Only a few cases of unfair means have been registered against students.

A student of GGDSD College, Sector 32, said: “You can hide the chits and even books over the flush tank and nobody will ask you about the material. It is safe to take it inside the examination hall from here.”

A professor at the university said: “We are aware of the cheating methods, but only when we find somebody using unfair means inside the examination hall, can we register a case against them.” Another lecturer at the GCG-11 said: “We try to curtail cheating by restricting the number of times a student leaves the examination hall. It’s not our job to check toilets.” Sanjeev, a meritorious student, said: “This is not the only method which students adopt during examinations. They should realise that unfair means could ruin their career.”

B.C. Josan, principal of DAV College, said, “We have controlled the situation, but there are some loopholes and it will take some time to curb it totally.”

Source: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081213/cth1.htm#3

Origional work: Archit Watts