Hyderabad: Online exam faces some opposition

Hyderabad: The government’s plan to shift to the online mode for the Eamcet medical entrance test to eliminate scope for irregularities is facing opposition from a few sections.

Aspirants from a rural background, particularly those who studied in government schools, could lose out in an online test, teachers and students said.Inter II student K. Chander studying at the Tribal Gurukulam School in Ranga Reddy district, who secured 98 per cent marks in Inter I, feels the online test would deprive him a of fair chance.

“Students like me from remote villages have not worked on computers much. The government should reconsider the decision and implement it from next year,” he said. Junior lecturer P. Venkataramana, who teaches physics at a centre in Rajendranagar, suggested the council could hold both online and off-line versions of the test. “This system is being followed in IIT JEE Mains,” he said.

TJAC chairman Prof. Kodandaram said that students from a rural background make mistakes while submitting applications online and have to take the assistance of others at internet centres. “How could they write the exam sitting in front of a computer,” he asked.