PATNA: The first-ever nationwide online examination on ‘cow science’, scheduled to be held on February 25, is unlikely to get good response from the students of universities and colleges in Bihar. Though the last date of registration for this online examination ended on Saturday, hardly a few students are learnt to have registered themselves for the examination.
The details of online examination were announced by Rashtriya Kamdhenu Ayog (RKA) on its website. The exam will be conducted in four categories — primary level up to 8th standard, secondary level from class 9th to 12th, college level after 12th+ and fourth category is for general public. The examination with 100 multi-choice questions will be held in Hindi, English and 12 regional languages. The duration will be one hour. There is no registration fee and the results will be declared on the RKA website immediately after the examination. Certificates will be given to all. Successful meritorious candidates will be given prizes and certificates afterwards.
The UGC, in its letter on February 12, had asked the vice-chancellors of all the universities to encourage students to take a voluntary online exam on ‘gau vigyan’ or cow science. “I write this to request you to give wide publicity to this initiative and encourage students to enrol/register themselves for this examination. This may also be brought to the notice of the colleges affiliated to your university,” the UGC secretary had requested through the letter to VCs.
However, most university officials failed to take notice of the UGC’s letter and disseminate its content among students. Patna University’s students’ welfare dean N K Jha had no idea of this online examination. “I can’t say anything about it as I have not come across the UGC letter so far,” he said.
Even Patna College principal Ashok Kumar feigned ignorance about this online examination as well as the UGC’s letter in this regard.
Munger University vice-chancellor Ranjit Kumar Verma also did not have detailed information about this online examination on cow science. Verma, however, admitted that he had read about this examination in the newspaper sometime ago.
However, students of some local colleges have registered themselves for this examination on their own. “When I read about it in the newspaper, I waited for the announcement of this examination on RKA’s website and got myself registered thereafter. I will also appear at the mock test on Sunday before taking the final exam on February 25,” said Sudhanshu Kumar, a student of TPS College.