SPPU Exams 2021: 350 students caught for malpractices during online exams

In April and May, exams were conducted in 284 courses for which 0.579 million students appeared for the exam.

SPPU Exams 2021: The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has said that it has found that 350 students were involved in malpractices during the SPPU Exams 2021 that were conducted in April-May, via the proctored method. Of the 350 students, 80 per cent belonged to engineering or technology-related streams.

In April and May, exams were conducted in 284 courses for which 0.579 million students appeared for the exam.

“Students should avoid doing such malpractices during exams. We have a complete record of how the exam is conducted so we can take action on students. Since exams are going on currently, I will not reveal much detail on how we caught the students. Action will be taken against them,” said Manohar Chaskar, dean, faculty of Science and Technology.

In the ongoing second-semester exams, which started from July 12, SPPU is making sure students will have to keep cameras and voice active, which will be recorded during the exams. Mock tests were conducted on July 8, 9 and 10 for students to get used to the process. The university has uploaded the timetables of some courses in humanities, science, engineering and commerce faculty.

“About 6.5 lakh students will appear for the second semester examinations. The courses and years' exact numbers will be known later. We will conduct the examination for 4,200 subjects for a total of 284 programmes run by the university in its departments or affiliated colleges,” Mahesh Kakade, director of examination and evaluation, SPPU, had said earlier.

The university will conduct the examination of all final-year students on priority so that they can get their results soon.