TYBMS Sem 6 papers were leaked and replaced. Check out the articles rolling out in newspapers showing us BMSites a hint for a Re-exam. So Are you guys ready for it?
- Ten colleges under scanner in BMS paper leak investigation
On April 25, hours before the exam was to begin, university officials found that the paper had leaked. The university then replaced the original paper set at all 58 centres and asked centres to return the original bundles, which they had been instructed not to open. “The colleges will be visited with an absolutely open mind,” said a university official. “We know that 10 bundles were opened. Whether they were opened because they did not receive the university notification in time or not, remains to be seen. We do not want to damage the reputation of any institution without finding out the facts.”
The committee will be questioning all college officials; from the principal and joint chief conductor of exams, to peons and university officials responsible for coordinating with the colleges. The committee is also probing the possibility of a leak having taken place at the university level. They will also be looking through answer sheets.
When a final year Bachelor of Commerce paper had leaked at BNN College in Bhiwandi last month, an enquiry committee had identified the leak because of the incorrect question paper code that students had written on their sheets.
This is the second time a BMS paper has leaked. Last November, a fifth semester paper had leaked, and the university then conducted a re-exam for students.
- BMS paper leak: Ten colleges under scanner
Apr 29, 2012 – TOI Report – http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/BMS-paper-leak-Ten-colleges-under-scanner/articleshow/12916182.cms
MUMBAI: The job of the committee inquiring into the leak of International Finance paper for third-year BMS students just got tougher: Seals of question paper packets that have come back to the university from 10 colleges are broken.
This has shocked members of the inquiry committee because university officials had directed all 58 exam centres not to open question paper packets as soon as the leak was ascertained. The university had sent fresh papers electronically.
In all, question paper packets from 44 colleges, most from within the city and some from outside Mumbai, have been returned to the university. “Packets from 14 colleges outside Mumbai are yet to come in. But of the question paper packets that have arrived, the seals of 10 are broken,” said a source from the university.
University officials confirmed that by 12.45pm on Tuesday, all colleges where the TYBMS exam was being held were alerted about the leak and principals were asked not to open the paper packets so that the source of the leak could be traced. The exam was scheduled for 3pm. Rules state that colleges can open question paper packets only 15 minutes before the commencement of the exam.
“Either many colleges have not followed the rule and opened the packets at least two hours before the exam or the leak took place from more than just one college,” said a source.
Barring Wilson College and Rutumbara College, whose officials confessed that the seal was accidentally broken at 2.45pm (after the university alert), all other packets, except the one from which the paper was leaked, should be intact, said sources. But clearly, many colleges have broken the seal-an adhesive tape with the imprint of the University of Mumbai.
What makes the job tougher is that every college which is an exam centre has a roll of the tape that makes up the seal. “The same tape is used to seal packets of answer booklets that are sent to the university for assessment. So the inquiry committee cannot really check the sealed packets for it is possible for a college to open a packet and reseal it carefully,” said a senior professor.
In all, 9,538 candidates were taking the TYBMS exam. The BMS paper, with code DK 2412, was sent to all exam centres a day in advance. It is not yet clear how and where it leaked, but some students claimed they had a copy of it by early hours of Wednesday.
The inquiry committee with convenor S T Gadade, former exam controller Prakash Wani and National College principal Dinesh Panjwani will start visiting each of these 10 colleges from Monday and question the officials there.
- BMS paper ‘leak’ hounds varsity again
Close on the heels of the leak of the Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) paper leak on Wednesday, an SMS did the rounds on Saturday morning, claiming to divulge the questions for the international marketing paper, scheduled for that afternoon. “We first thought that our paper had been leaked again. But when we reached the examination centre, the supervisors informed us that the SMS was a fake,” students told DNA. “The SMS was only a rumour,” claimed Dr Subhash Deo, the director of examination.
Close to 9,500 students are appearing in BMS (Sem6) exams, revised syllabus. TP Madhu Nair, the dean of the faculty of commerce, also said that the SMS was fake.
Post the first paper leak on Wednesday of the International Finance paper, semester six, the varsity rectified the paper and a new version was sent to all centres via email and fax within hours.
Another misstep was the leak of the MHRM paper of TY BCom at BNN college, Bhiwandi, which created an uproar and resulted in the rescheduling of the paper on April 11.
- University replaces leaked BMS paper within 3 hours
Mumbai, April 26, 2012 – HT Report http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/University-replaces-leaked-BMS-paper-within-3-hours/Article1-846292.aspx
Acting in time, the University of Mumbai averted a possible exam leak on Wednesday by replacing the question paper for a final year Bachelor of Management Studies paper.
On Wednesday morning, university officials received information that questions of the international finance paper to be held that day were doing the rounds hours before it was to begin at 3pm. This sixth semester 60-mark BMS paper is a compulsory paper, with 9,538 students following the revised syllabus appearing for it. Last month, the final year BCom marketing and human resource management paper had leaked, resulting in a re-exam.
After receiving the tip-off, university officials including members of the ad-hoc BMS board of studies, paper setters and others were informed. University officials met at the Kalina campus by noon, where they compared the question paper code of the ‘leaked’ paper and the actual paper and found it was the same.
The university did not clarify how closely the papers matched. “Prima facie there was some match,” said Naresh Chandra, the university’s pro vice chancellor, but did not specify further. At around 12.30pm the university informed all 58 exam centres not to open the paper packets they had already received and to instead wait for a replacement question paper. Three question paper sets are prepared for every exam paper, with one of the back-up sets being used in case of such an emergency.
The fresh paper was emailed and faxed to all the centres from 2.30pm onwards. It reached some centres later than the scheduled exam start time of 3pm, but the university informed centres that all students be given extra time in case of a delay. There were no reports of any centres failing to get the fresh question paper altogether.
iam ready for if reexam………
pls mumbai university conduct only if exam
if re-exam will be held no students will attend the exam…why should we suffer becoz of leak issues…..no re-exam plz