Army candidates in Bihar asked to take exam in underwear to prevent cheating

[Areesh]

The 1,160 hopefuls in Muzaffarpur district were asked to sit in an open ground with no clothes on to 'save time on frisking'.

Candidates appearing for an army recruitment examination in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district were asked to write the paper in their underwear on Sunday, The Indian Express reported. Around 1,160 candidates were asked to take off their clothes before sitting in an open ground, where they wrote their answers. Officials at the Army Regional Office said this was done to “save time on frisking so many people”. “We conduct thorough frisking and ensure that candidates carry minimum external things to the exam centre,” said Col VS Godhara, director of the ARO.

PTI reported that 426 students were expelled after being caught cheating during the first day of the Intermediate Examination that started on February 24. New state Education Minister Ashok Choudhary had on several occasions talked about stringent arrangements to check copying in the board exam. Last year, Vaishali district in the state made news when photographs and reports surfaced of people perched on the window shades of an examination centre passing on answer chits to students appearing for exams inside.

ANI reported that Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has sought a report from Army Chief Dalbir Singh on the issue.

Army candidates in Bihar asked to take exam in underwear to prevent cheating

@Windjammer @DESERT FIGHTER

 

[Mentee]

seems like bharat is runnig out of jobs,some sanghi here bragged a month ago that "unlike Pak we have shit load of career options for---thats the reason we are witnessing shortage of army officers"

 

[Windjammer]

I guess it can also be termed as an Army of cheaters.

 

[kmc_chacko]

Explain 'Exam In Underwear', Defence Ministry Tells Army Chief

MUZAFFARPUR: They came to take an exam. They were asked to take off their clothes first.

Hundreds of young men seeking jobs in the army wrote an exam in their underwear in Bihar's Muzaffarpur.

Reacting to the bizarre images splashed across the media, the defence ministry has asked Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhaag to explain.


On Sunday, some 1,100 candidates were horrified as they reached the examination centre and were instructed to strip.

"The vest too," the examiners said when the job-seekers took off their shirts and trousers.

Harishambhu Kumar, 21, who appeared for the exam for the first time, said: "We were frisked and then ushered into an enclosure. Then the army officers asked us to remove all clothes except our underwear. I felt awkward, but the army people told us it was to check cheating, so I got used to it."

In a state notorious for cheating - brazen and often aided by examiners and parents - the army officials decided that it was the best way to eliminate the possibility of scraps of paper hidden in clothes.

Colonel VS Godhara of the Army Regional Office said: "I am entitled to take all precautions necessary. In the past year, there have been two instances of candidates hiding cheating slips and mobile phones in their vests and undergarments."

The candidates finally sat cross-legged on the ground in their briefs and used their thighs as tables for the one-hour test. Some complained they were cold and uncomfortable, but they had no choice.

Colonel Godhara shrugged: "In the physical test, they would anyway run and do physical activities in their underwear."

The government is considering computerizing the test to eliminate cheating or copying.

Last year, images of mass cheating involving Class 10 students made international headlines. Parents, relatives and others were seen scaling the walls of the exam centre to pass scraps of papers to students, unrestricted.

In January, ahead of the board exams, Bihar announced a Rs. 20,000 fine for students caught cheating and jail for relatives caught helping them. The state has also ordered CCTV cameras in classrooms, and a live stream of some exam centres.

Explain 'Exam In Underwear', Defence Ministry Tells Army Chief

 

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[Brahmaputra Mail]

It's nothing shameful. Army isn't the place for shame. Do any bodybuilder cry about dignity while brandishing his torso ? Besides during medical examination too they are asked to strip down, sometimes in front of a Lady doctor.

Do wrestlers from both sides of the border whine about modesty of clothes ?

 

[SrNair]

Bihar .Army dont have any choice.