UP Students pass with ‘Jai Shree Ram’ on answer sheets, Two Professors suspended

UP Students pass with ‘Jai Shree Ram’ on answer sheets, Two Professors suspended

Action has been taken against two professors at a UP state university following revelations that students passed exams by writing 'Jai Shri Ram' and cricketers' names on their answer sheets. The irregularities were exposed by an RTI response.

Two professors in a UP state university have been dismissed following revelations that students passed exams by writing 'Jai Shri Ram' and cricketers' names on their answer sheets.

 

In Short

• UP university students pass exams by writing 'Jai Shri Ram'
• Event comes to light after RTI by student reveals exam irregularities
• After allegations proven true, professors relieved of duties

Two professors at a state-run university in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur have been suspended after students allegedly passed exams by writing "Jai Shri Ram" and cricketers' names on their answer sheets.

The event came to light when Divyanshu Singh, a former student of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, filed an RTI on August 3 last year, seeking a re-evaluation of the answer sheets of 18 first-year pharmacy course students by providing their roll numbers.