Technical Education and Industrial Training Department cancel affiliation of 7 Punjab Pharmacy Colleges
Technical Education Principal Secretary Anurag Verma said it was found that answer copies of all the students of the offline examination matched word-to-word and some online solved papers also matched to some extent.
The Technical Education and Industrial Training Department have announced that it will be cancelling the affiliation of seven pharmacy colleges in Punjab after it found out that mass copying was done in the exams that were conducted in the last two months.
Directions have also been issued to charge sheet Government Polytechnic College, Bareta, principal Navneet Walia and section officer Anil Kumar, as per the official statement.
Technical Education Principal Secretary Anurag Verma said it was found that answer copies of all the students of the offline examination matched word-to-word and some online solved papers also matched to some extent.
Mr Verma said students opted to answer the same questions during their final year exam. Detailed reports were sought from the Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training secretary and principal of the Government Polytechnic College (Girls), Patiala, where the answer sheets of these seven colleges in Sangrur district were sent for evaluation.
Mr Anurag Verma said both the reports clearly mentioned mass copying was done in seven pharmacy colleges during examinations held in September and October.
"Due process has been initiated to cancel the affiliation of the colleges concerned," Mr Verma said.
The institutions whose affiliation will be cancelled are Vinayaka College of Pharmacy, Vidya Sagar Paramedical College, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Pharmacy, Lord Krishna College of Pharmacy, and Krishna College of Pharmacy -- all in Lehragaga. The two others are Aryabhatta College of Pharmacy; Modern College of Pharmacy in Sangrur city.
Show-cause notices will be issued to these colleges within a week for cancellation of their affiliation.
The examinations of these colleges will also be cancelled and directions have been issued to conduct re-examinations, Mr Anurag Verma said.
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