Hyderabad: In one of the most poignant cases, a student rushed to take the Eamcet just after his father died in a road accident while they were going to the exam centre
Uday Kumar, from Bhongir, was going to exam centre in Nalgonda, on a two-wheeler that was being driven by his father, Raghavender. Their vehicle was hit by a lorry near Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda, killing Raghavender. Uday sustained minor injuries.
Police shifted the body of Raghavender who died in a road mishap while taking his son Uday Kumar to write his Eamcet, to the Nalgonda government hospital. Uday refused to leave his father’s side, but his family persuaded him to take the exam. They told him that that would be the best tribute to his father.
“My father’s dream was to see me pursue higher studies. I wrote the exam to fulfil his dream. I steeled myself and appeared for the test even after seeing my father dead in front of my eyes,” said Uday.
The strict implementation of “one minute late” norm, which disqualifies students if they are late even by a minute, by Eamcet officials hit several students hard on Thursday. Reports indicate that over 50 students missed the test on account of this.
In Hyderabad alone, five students at MGIT-Gandipet centre and four students at St Mary’s College were sent back. However, Eamcet convenor Prof. N.V. Ramana Rao said only 10 students missed the test on account of the one-minute late norm and blamed students for turning up late despite repeated reminders.
Eamcet was conducted without any untoward incident, barring a minor incident in Khammam in which a student was caught exchanging question paper said Prof Ramana Rao.
The preliminary key will be released on May 24 and objections can be sent till May 31. The ranks will be declared on June 9.
He said the attendance in the engineering stream was 94.37 while it was 94.27 in the medical stream. The highest attendance was noticed in Vijayawada (98.25) and the lowest was at Vizianagaram (88.01).
The preliminary key will be released on May 24 and objections can be sent till May 31. The ranks will be declared on June 9.
Students found the Mathematics to be "tough and lengthy' and said it will decide the fate of students in securing good ranks. They said Chemistry paper was moderately tough while Physics was easy this time.
