Anna University to cancel affiliation of Pudukkottai engineering college for alleged cheating during exams

CHENNAI: Acting strongly against malpractices in examinations, the controller of examinations at Anna University has recommended cancelling the affiliation of an engineering college at Pudukkottai that is believed to have allowed impersonation during the recent semester exams.

While the semester examination for engineering colleges began on November 1, varsity officials said they found that the college at Pudukkottai, had allowed impersonators to write exams on behalf of students.

“The college is likely to lose affiliation next academic year. In addition to this, we have deputed 100 per cent external faculty in three other colleges.

Last year, these three centres were involved in malpractices,” said a senior official.

“As soon as we heard of the malpractice, we made sure that all supervisors were changed at the centre,” the official said adding that flying squad teams have been strengthened.