AGRA: BR Ambedkar University officials were in for the shock of their lives when results of the BEd exams were about to be out. While around 12,800 regular students were enrolled at the varsity, more than 20,000 had passed.

The results had to be withheld at the last minute and subsequent inquiry opened a can of worms. A probe ordered by the vice-chancellor is underway while several private college authorities are expected to land in jail for gross irregularities.

Varsity spokesperson Prof Manoj Srivastava told TOI on Saturday that VC Mohd Muzammil has instituted a committee to probe how the final results tally showed 20089 students when around 12,800

students were enrolled in all the affiliated colleges. The university has issued letters to private colleges where these ghost students allegedly studied.

“ The matter of 7,000 suspicious students came to light when the private agency preparing the BEd results objected that they only had the data of around 12,800 students while copies of over 20,000 students were checked. As the agency showed helplessness in declaring results, the VC issued letters to all the private colleges, ordering them to come up with the list of enrolled students. Private colleges then claimed that they had taken more students against seats lying vacant and these extra students also took the exam,” Srivastava said.

According to sources, in the academic session 2013-14 (exams for which were held in 2014-15), as many as 191 BEd colleges affiliated to Dr BR Ambedkar University had claimed that more than 40% of their seats were lying vacant and they suffered losses due to this.

“What is even more shocking is that the private colleges used an HC order of 2014-15 to justify their misdeed. All these students may have been enrolled in these colleges days or maybe just a night before the final exams. They never studied in these colleges and possibly they never even passed the entrance test too,” said a senior official from the university.

The university has now sought individual data of students who passed the test. Varsity officials have also asked for CDs of the counselling sessions to find out which students actually appeared in the BEd entrance exam.

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