Bhopal: Barkatullah University officials, students appearing in exams have been given special directions not to smoke in examination hall. The first category of the directions printed on the last page of answer copies has nine directions for students. The second section reads directions for supervisors and has two points.
The third and last section is titled special instructions. It is in this section that instruction is given that students should not smoke besides asking them not to keep arms during exams. When asked about this weird instruction on answer copy, registrar of the university, Ajeet Shrivastava said that he has no knowledge about it.
Responding to the question as to how many cases of smoking in examination hall have been reported till date, the registrar replied that no such instance has been reported till date, so far. On the need to mention it under special directions Shrivastava said that he is completely unaware about it and will definitely take cognisance of the matter.
Insulting & unimaginable
Nevertheless, students are now vocal about it and term it as insult of students. “We avoid smoking if we spot any elder; it is unimaginable for any student to smoke in the examination hall,” said Vivek Gupta, student of third year. Other students too were of the same opinion and said that it was done deliberately to insult students and university administration should immediately withdraw such things from the answer copies.
