Maharashtra board exams: Fake exam postponement notice goes viral
The examination department of the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has stumbled upon a fake notice, purportedly being the signatures of the dean and medical superintendent of the Solapur-based Dr V M government medical college and hospital (GMCH), which claims that the upcoming first, second and third-year undergraduate exams for the health science courses have been postponed.
Representative imageNASHIK: The examination department of the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has stumbled upon a fake notice, purportedly being the signatures of the dean and medical superintendent of the Solapur-based Dr. V M government medical college and hospital (GMCH), which claims that the upcoming first, second and third-year undergraduate exams for the health science courses have been postponed.
The notice went viral on some social media platforms and some students contacted the controller of examinations Ajit Pathak to check the authenticity of the notice. The fake notice had made its way to the social media platforms just a couple of days after the varsity had announced the dates for these examinations on April 7. The MUHS had said that the exams would start from April 19 and continue till mid-May.
In the fake notice, it was mentioned that the GMCH would not be able to conduct the exams since many in the examination department are suffering from Covid-19 and there are chances that others too may test positive. The notice went on to add that many students have been admitted to the hospital and some of them are critical. The exams scheduled in April and May are postponed and the new dates would be announced later.
“I immediately got in touch with Sanjiv Thakur, the dean of the Solapur GMCH, and asked whether he had issued any such notice. He denied doing so and has now issued a circular denying that any such notice was sent out. The varsity has uploaded the circular on its official website,” said Pathak. He added that he has directed Thakur to complain about unknown persons at the local cyber police station.
The varsity’s examination department had faced a similar situation last year when a fake circular on the timetable of the PG medical exams had gone viral. The officials had complained to the local police station in Nashik.
“I fear that ‘misguided elements’ are behind this incident. But the exams would not be postponed. We have started our preparations,” said Pathak.
The notice went viral on some social media platforms and some students contacted the controller of examinations Ajit Pathak to check the authenticity of the notice. The fake notice had made its way to the social media platforms just a couple of days after the varsity had announced the dates for these examinations on April 7. The MUHS had said that the exams would start from April 19 and continue till mid-May.
In the fake notice, it was mentioned that the GMCH would not be able to conduct the exams since many in the examination department are suffering from Covid-19 and there are chances that others too may test positive. The notice went on to add that many students have been admitted to the hospital and some of them are critical. The exams scheduled in April and May are postponed and the new dates would be announced later.
“I immediately got in touch with Sanjiv Thakur, the dean of the Solapur GMCH, and asked whether he had issued any such notice. He denied doing so and has now issued a circular denying that any such notice was sent out. The varsity has uploaded the circular on its official website,” said Pathak. He added that he has directed Thakur to complain about unknown persons at the local cyber police station.
The varsity’s examination department had faced a similar situation last year when a fake circular on the timetable of the PG medical exams had gone viral. The officials had complained to the local police station in Nashik.
“I fear that ‘misguided elements’ are behind this incident. But the exams would not be postponed. We have started our preparations,” said Pathak.
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