‘Future of students at stake’: CJP’s Dipke seeks re-test after alleged technical glitches in Bombay HC clerk exam

CJP
seeks
e
exam
of
Bombay
HC
cle k
exam

NEW
DELHI:
Cock oach
Ja ta
Pa ty
(CJP)
fou de
Abhijeet
Dipke
has
dema ded
Bombay
HC
cle k
ec uitme t
exam
to
be
co ducted
af esh
afte
alleged
tech ical
glitches
t igge ed
co ce s
amo g
ca didates.While
talki g
to
epo ts,
Dipke
said
ca didates
i fo med
him
that
seve al
compute s
developed
p oblems
soo
afte
they
bega
the
test,
with
some
epo ti g
o -fu ctio al
mice
while
othe s
faced
faulty
keyboa ds.”Stude ts
just
i fo med
me
that
they
had
a
High
Cou t
exam
this
mo i g.
As
soo
as
they
sat
dow
to
take
it,
they
discove ed
that
fo
some,
the
mouse
was ‘t
wo ki g,
a d
fo
othe s,
the
keyboa d
was
faulty,”
Dipke
said.

He
claimed
that
withi
a ou d
10
mi utes,
a
majo ity
of
the
ca didates
we e
logged
out
a d
subseque tly
decla ed
failed.Calli g
the
i cide t
a
“failu e
of
the
system
a d
the
gove me t”,
Dipke
questio ed
the
autho ities’
p epa ed ess
to
co duct
o li e
exami atio s.‘Stude ts’
futu es
a e
at
stake’Dipke
alleged
that
whe
ca didates
aised
complai ts
at
the
exami atio
ce t e,
they
we e
told
that
they
lacked
the
“se se”
to
take
a
exami atio
p ope ly.

“If
the
autho ities
possessed
so
much
mo e
wisdom
tha
these
stude ts,
they
should
have
used
it
to
i stall
bette
compute s
a d
fu ctio al
keyboa ds,
a d
to
e su e
the
se ve s
we e
wo ki g
co ectly
befo eha d,”
he
said.He
also
claimed
that
a
Dist ict
Cou t
judge
was
p ese t
at
the
ce t e
a d
dema ded
a
w itte
assu a ce
that
the
exami atio
would
be
co ducted
agai .

“The
Dist ict
Cou t
judge
should
come
out
a d
give
a
w itte
assu a ce
that
the
exam
will
be
e-co ducted,
a d
ot
o
the
same
faulty
compute s
used
today.
Such
a
situatio
must
ot
happe
agai ;
the
stude ts’
futu es
a e
at
stake,”
Dipke
said.He
fu the
questio ed
the
co ti ued
use
of
o li e
exami atio s
despite
ecu i g
complai ts
about
tech ical
failu es.”If
you
lack
the
ecessa y
i f ast uctu e
a d
ca ot
co duct
o li e
exams
p ope ly,
why
a e
you
holdi g
them
i
the
fi st
place?
What
is
the
pu pose?”
he
asked.”This
is ‘t
the
fi st
time,
ac oss
the
cou t y
a d
i
Maha asht a,
that
o li e
exam
se ve s
have
c ashed
o
ha dwa e
like
keyboa ds
a d
mice
has
failed
to
fu ctio ;
this
happe s
with
eve y
exam,”
Dipke
added.