Students attempting to take the D. Com Part I & II annual examinations 2011 are in a fix due to the issuance of erroneous admit cards by the Sindh Board of Technical Education (SBTE) Karachi. A number of these students have started approaching the SBTE offices, but their complaints are entertained only if a “source” helps them out, Pakistan Today has learnt.
When these students approached their institutes to get the admit cards corrected, they were asked to stay mum and just take the exams which are mentioned in their admit cards.
One such student is 19-year-old Ateeq-ur Rehman, the son of Ashraf Kamal and resident of Metroville-III, Gulshan-e-Iqbal. “I had appeared in D. Com Part-I in 2010, but I could not pass all eight papers and was failed in three subjects. I applied for those three subjects which I could not clear last time around, but I received an admit card to take exams in subjects which I passed.”
“I had failed the English, Principle of Commerce and Business I.T-I exams last year. When I received an admit card, it showed that I had failed Financial Accounting-I – a subject in which I secured the highest marks. My admit card is for English, Principles of Commerce and Financial Accounting,” Rehman narrated.
“When I approached the high-ups of Government Institute of Commercial Education, Azizabad, my parent educational institute, they stopped me from raising any objection and directed me to forget wrongdoing of SBTE. However, I approached the SBTE for correction in admit card to exact my record,” he added.
When Pakistan Today approached the SBTE controller of examinations along with the complainant, the controller stormed out of his office, claiming that he did not like to meet with students directly. When he was informed about irregularities, he said, “your problem would be resolved in five minutes.” He then called his subordinate and directed him to reissue the admit card of the complainant as early as possible.
To a question, the controller said that if this student did not approach the board for correction, he would not be allowed to retake his exams. He said that the high- ups of the student’s institute misguided the students and said this would be the first case of admit error during 2011. However, he refused the impression of numerous mistakes being committed in issuance of admit cards.
“We send a list of students who are going to appear in particular subject and no extra candidates are allowed to sit in that paper. There is no such provision that allows a student to take an exam of a subject in which he didn’t apply,” he said.
