DNA:
Mumbai: Tuesday, 23 September 2014.
Activist
Vihar Durve recently filed a Right To Information (RTI) application asking
Mumbai University (MU) for data on students caught copying in university
examinations in the past 4 years. Though MU did reveal the number of students,
it did not answer his questions regarding the action taken against them, nor
why the information was not uploaded on its website.
According to
data provided by the university in reply to the RTI, 460 students were caught
cheating in 2011, 617 in 2012 (the highest in 4 years), 563 in 2013 and 371 in
2014.
Durve has
also asked the Mumbai Police for the same data. He had asked for details on the
action taken against students caught copying, the reason they gave for copying,
rules and regulations applicable in such cases and the university's
expectations from students, parents, the civil society and NGOs to avert
copying. Durve also requested the university to publish the related information
on its website.
"I have
just been provided with information on the number of students caught while
cheating. I have not been answered about what action was taken and why this
information is not available on any website by the university. I have filed a
similar RTI with the Mumbai police. I will see if the figures tally. I am
awaiting for the police's reply now."
Dinesh
Bhonde, controller of examination, Mumbai University, said, "If Durve goes
for an appeal, we can provide them the information regarding reasons and
actions being taken on students cheating too."
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