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The Maharashtra Congress Committee on Monday, wrote to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis demanding a probe within the Maharashtra Well being and Technical Widespread Entrance Take a look at (MHT-CET), a State-level widespread entrance examination, alleging irregularities.
Maharashtra’s State Widespread Entrance Take a look at Cell performed the take a look at on April 27, 2025, for admissions in engineering faculties for the educational yr 2025-26. After the take a look at, there have been reviews of scholars claiming that over a dozen questions had incorrect choices.
A day later, Harshvardhan Sapkal, President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee, on April 28, alleged that irregularities through the examination have triggered concern amongst college students and oldsters.
Writing to the CM, the letter claimed, “College students have complained that on the examination heart in Ahilyanagar district, 20 to 25 questions within the 50-mark arithmetic paper had incorrect reply choices. It is a very critical matter, and the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee has demanded that college students be awarded marks for these misguided questions.”
The Congress State President additional said that within the arithmetic paper, among the many 50 questions, 20 to 25 had incorrect reply choices. In some instances, all 4 choices given have been fallacious. Nevertheless, since college students have been required to try all questions, they have been compelled to decide on incorrect choices, the letter alleged.
Mr. Sapkal claimed that when college students complained about this on the examination heart, their grievances have been ignored. “Comparable complaints have been reported from different examination facilities throughout the State. Some facilities additionally confronted server outages, however passable responses weren’t supplied by the examination authorities. This examination is essential for engineering admissions. If as many as 20 to 25 questions had incorrect choices, it may trigger important hurt to college students. Who’s liable for this? Why ought to college students undergo because of the negligence of the establishments or corporations liable for making ready the papers and conducting the examination? This isn’t merely a matter of some questions; it issues the way forward for 1000’s of scholars,” he stated.
The opposition occasion has demanded that the State authorities’s intervention into the matter, urging the federal government to take the problem significantly and in addition take strict motion in opposition to these accountable. “Establishments that can’t correctly put together papers or organise examinations ought to by no means be entrusted with such duties once more and must be blacklisted. The State authorities is totally liable for making certain that college students aren’t harmed below any circumstances,” Mr. Sapkal.
Revealed – April 29, 2025 02:33 am IST
