IIEST, MAKAUT revise end-semester exam timings

The step was taken after the West Bengal government decided to temporarily ban internet services on the days of Class X state board examination in some areas of the state to curb cheating. 

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT) is a public state university located in West Bengal.

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) Shibpur and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT) have rescheduled the timing of the end-semester examinations to evening hours after the West Bengal government decided to temporarily ban internet services on the days of Class X state board examination in some areas of the state to curb cheating. 

The internet services will be suspended from 11 am to 3.15 pm from March 7 to 9, March 11, 12 and March 14 and 16 will in parts of Birbhum, Malda, Murshidabad, North Dinajpur, Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling.  

All end-semester exams rescheduled to 4.30 pm - 6 pm slot at MAKAUT 

MAKAUT Controller of Examinations Subhasis Dutta said in view of the possibility of non-availability of internet services in some areas of the state during the Madhyamik examination hours and opinions received from the stakeholders in this regard, all end-semester exams of the first semester have been rescheduled to the 4.30 pm - 6 pm slot in the interest of students. 

IIEST: 4th, 6th, 8th semester exams from 5.15 pm, 6.30 pm, 4 pm 

IIEST Deputy Registrar Nirmalya Bhattacharya said in a notice, the fourth, sixth, eighth semester undergraduate exams will now be held from 5.15 pm, 6.30 pm and 4 pm, respectively. 

Intelligence reports have been received that internet transmission and voice over internet telephony may be used for “unlawful” activities in certain areas over the next few days, a notification of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) said. As assessment of the inputs “gives reason to believe that such unlawful activities are likely to occur in the absence of preventive measures”, it said. 

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