Kolkata: Candidate forgets pic, misses test for stepping out of hall

KOLKATA: A JEE examinee who reached Jadavpur Vidyapith well before time suddenly noticed, just before the exam started, that he hadn’t brought his photograph to the exam hall. This was mandatory for every examinee. He left his bag inside and rushed out of the hall to look for his father.
Other parents who stood near the gate were alarmed at the way he ran about. Finally, his parent was located and he rushed home to get the student’s photograph. Other parents who were waiting outside tried to encourage him as best as they could. His father managed to return only at 11.15am and the student was not allowed to write the exam.
Some parents, like Dibyajyoti Mukherjee, whose son was also at this centre, went in to plead the boy’s case, but it was in vain.
“The boy could have come and explained his case to us. Instead, he left the centre and stood outside waiting for his father. We couldn’t allow a candidate in after 11am since it would have been against the rules,” said centre in-charge Parimal Bhattacharya.