78 students withfake marks cards' barred from degree exams

Ballari, Nov 12: As many as 78 of the 324 Pre-University/Plus II marks cards whose genuineness was in doubt have been found to be fake and the Vijayanagar Sri Krishnadevaraya University has decided not to allow such students to appear for the first year degree exams, according to M.S. Subhas, university Vice-Chancellor.

Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Mr. Subhas said that marks cards of 324 students who got admitted to degree colleges in Ballari and Koppal districts, affiliated to the university, were in suspected to be fake.

A one-man committee, headed by Registrar, after verifying the documents and also after getting confirmation from Maharashtra Secondary Education Board in Pune, found that 78 marks cards were issued by institutions with fictitious names on behalf of Maharashtra Secondary Education Board. “The university will not allow these 78 students to write their exams.

As far as the remaining 246 students were concerned, the process of verification of records was under way. To protect the interest of students, the university will allow them to appear for exams on the condition that their results will be withheld if the marks cards given by them were found to be fake,” he said.

To a question, he said that the university hopes that the 246 students will go by their conscience before filing their examination forms.

The university will write a letter to the Higher Education Department seeking guidelines to deal with such cases, he said and added that pending instructions from the government, the university will not file a FIR against the students.