The high-level committee set up to probe the allegations regarding the admission test in the prestigious Netarhat residential school has submitted its final report with five main recommendations to conduct fair admission test from the next academic year. Along with other recommendations, it has suggested that the questions for the entrance exam should be prepared with 3-4 different sets of question papers, similar to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination pattern.
JAC Chairman Arvind Singh said, “The panelists have figured out and suggested five recommendations to conduct fair entrance examination of Netarhat Residential School. The first and foremost recommendation of panelist was to prepare 3-4 different set of question papers, similar to Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) pattern. Apart from this, examiners’ lists should be submitted from all over the state beforehand and selection procedure should be made accordingly considering the work experience.”
“The evaluation coordinator must be appointed along with examination centre observers and all essential certificates like caste certificate, residential certificate of candidate must be verified with the admission forms,” he added.
The report has been submitted to School Education and literacy Department for further evaluating the report details and to check the feasibility of recommendation along with other development.
The detailed report has been prepared by three members including JAC Vice-Chairman Phool Singh, Dr Uma Shankar of Doranda College and Dr Surendra Takur of PPK College, Bundu. A questionnaire was prepared, mark sheets were evaluated by the panelists of all the accused before suggesting the recommendation.
It was alleged that all the students who got admission in the prestigious school in the year 2014-2015 batch were either from same district or from same coaching institutes. Several candidates with similar names were in the final selection list which reflected several irregularities in the admission procedure of Netarhat residential school.
In the examination for 2014-15, as many as 3015 students had applied for admission test. However, 2775 applicants appeared for the written entrance examination, out of which 130 candidates cleared the examination and were recommended for further admission procedure.
“The teachers or invigilators used be from same institute where the exam centre were allotted to the candidates and moreover, question papers were submitted to one particular agency, which must be avoided while conducting entrance test,” said the JAC Chairman.
