NHRC notice to IP University, New Delhi on hardships to candidates in the entrance test

New Delhi, 24th May, 2013

The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that the Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi goofed-up with the examination centre due to which about 70 aspirants to its engineering programmes lost nearly an hour to write their entrance test and no extra time was given to the them.

The Commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of rights to education of the students. Notices have been issued to the Vice-Chancellor and the Controller of Examination, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi calling for reports within two weeks.

According to the media report, carried on the 22nd May, 2013, the aspirants to the engineering programme of the University were in for a shock when they reached the venue of the entrance test on Sunday, 19th May, 2013. They found that Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sector 22, Rohini- the venue mentioned in their admit cards- was locked as it was shut down ten years ago.

With about 10 minutes to go to the start of the exam scheduled for 2.00 p.m., worried parents called up the university officials and were told to rush to the Maharaja Agrasen College, which is affiliated to the varsity. In the process, some students lost nearly an hour and reached the venue at 3.00 p.m.
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