Madhya Pradesh: Mass cheating reported at Nursing Course Exam

Authorities have ordered a probe into the mass cheating reported in the nursing course exam in Madhya Pradesh.

Reports are emerging that there are videos that have shown several first-semester nursing course students of three private colleges in Morena involved in cheating during the course exam. 

These students were found copying during the examination at Morena district hospital in Madhya Pradesh. The incident happened on Friday during a practical examination at the state government-run district hospital in Morena. 

The videos show students clad in white aprons and writing answer sheets while copying the answer from their mobile phones. In the video, the students can be seen sitting on the floor and in the corridor meant for attendants of patients admitted to the Morena hospital.

Sources also claimed that answers were sent to these students on WhatsApp by some persons who were sitting outside. Some students searched answers online during the exam, they claimed.

Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Dr Rakesh Sharma has said a five-member committee has been established to investigate this, as reported by NDTV.

Committee to submit report within 15 days

He also said that a notice is being served to the civil surgeon of the district hospital and the committee will submit a report within 15 days.

"Further action will be taken and the registration of colleges concerned will be cancelled after the submission of the report," added Mr Sharma. However, Morena district hospital's civil surgeon Vinod Gupta has said that he was not aware of the exams. "The invigilators who came from Sagar can inform in this regard," he added.

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