Patna, February 15 : Students and their parents in Bihar are up in arms to secure the right to use unfair means in examinations, resulting in a pitched battle with the administration at several places during the ongoing intermediate exams.
On Thursday, examination was cancelled at the B N College, Hajipur, after students resorted to violence and ransacked the examination centre, protesting against severe measures taken by the administration to stop the use of unfair means by students.
On Wednesday, the police had to fire at least 90 rounds in the air to quell a mob of students who set two government vehicles afire. The violence left two students and four policemen injured.
Earlier, similar protests were seen in the adjacent Saharsa district. The students and their guardians went on a rampage after 15 students were expelled for copying in exam. “There is no question of giving any relief. We will not allow use of unfair means at any cost”, said Lallan Singh, the Vaishali District Magistrate, reacting over the Hajipur violence.
In Hajipur, students raised slogans demanding relaxation in the measures taken by the administration to check copying. If their demands were not met, the students threatened to boycott examinations.
“In the name of fair examinations they are harassing us,” alleged a student in Hajipur.
On Thursday, a girl student attempted suicide by trying to jump from the terrace of her college after she was caught cheating and was expelled in Chhapra. “I was not cheating. They falsely implicated me”, she said after the police persuaded her to come down.
Examinations were cancelled at the B N College, Hajipur, and the teachers on duty said there was no security and they had to run to save their lives. “The students attacked us. We would have been killed had we not run away”, said one of the teachers pointing out that they would not conduct the examination unless there was full security.
The government, however, appears unfazed by the events and has made it clear that it will not relax the tough measures at any cost. “Use of unfair means is not acceptable, come what may. This message must go clearly to the students”, declared Girish Shankar, the Bihar Intermediate Education Council Chairman, while expressing concern over the violent protests.
Violent protests have taken place despite an appeal from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a day before the examinations started on February 12. The appeal, published as an advertisement in newspapers, was clear that use of unfair means would not be tolerated.
In 2006 too, Bihar had seen large-scale student protests which even resulted in the death of a Gaya student in police firing.
On Thursday, examination was cancelled at the B N College, Hajipur, after students resorted to violence and ransacked the examination centre, protesting against severe measures taken by the administration to stop the use of unfair means by students.
On Wednesday, the police had to fire at least 90 rounds in the air to quell a mob of students who set two government vehicles afire. The violence left two students and four policemen injured.
Earlier, similar protests were seen in the adjacent Saharsa district. The students and their guardians went on a rampage after 15 students were expelled for copying in exam. “There is no question of giving any relief. We will not allow use of unfair means at any cost”, said Lallan Singh, the Vaishali District Magistrate, reacting over the Hajipur violence.
In Hajipur, students raised slogans demanding relaxation in the measures taken by the administration to check copying. If their demands were not met, the students threatened to boycott examinations.
“In the name of fair examinations they are harassing us,” alleged a student in Hajipur.
On Thursday, a girl student attempted suicide by trying to jump from the terrace of her college after she was caught cheating and was expelled in Chhapra. “I was not cheating. They falsely implicated me”, she said after the police persuaded her to come down.
Examinations were cancelled at the B N College, Hajipur, and the teachers on duty said there was no security and they had to run to save their lives. “The students attacked us. We would have been killed had we not run away”, said one of the teachers pointing out that they would not conduct the examination unless there was full security.
The government, however, appears unfazed by the events and has made it clear that it will not relax the tough measures at any cost. “Use of unfair means is not acceptable, come what may. This message must go clearly to the students”, declared Girish Shankar, the Bihar Intermediate Education Council Chairman, while expressing concern over the violent protests.
Violent protests have taken place despite an appeal from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a day before the examinations started on February 12. The appeal, published as an advertisement in newspapers, was clear that use of unfair means would not be tolerated.
In 2006 too, Bihar had seen large-scale student protests which even resulted in the death of a Gaya student in police firing.
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