The first ever common entrance test (CET) for some public sectors banks was held on Sunday, but was marred after over 100 candidates were refused entry to exam halls. Citing lack of mandatory documents, officials conducting the exam turned away students at various centres across Nagpur.
The CET was conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) on behalf of 19 banks for the posts of probationary officers and management trainees.
A group of candidates who were appearing at a centre in Nandanvan lodged a police complaint over the issue. Vipin, a complainant, said, "We were denied entry by the officials saying that we did not have certain documents. We have been cheated and we are writing to the IBPS to conduct the exam again for us."
Candidates were required to bring their exam call letter, the original e-receipt/NEFT receipt and photo identity proof in original and a photocopy. The IBPS' website mentions that without all three documents the candidate will not be allowed entry into the exam hall.
Gaurav Kute, a candidate, said, "The IBPS did not inform us in advance about all this. The call letter had to be downloaded from the internet and it was only a couple of days ago that we were able to access it. I sat for hours at the internet cafe and tried but in vain. It is unfair that they are refusing us entry just because we had one document missing. We were ready to give a written undertaking but they were adamant on their stand."
Another candidate, Snehal Rahate, claimed all her documents were in order but was still denied entry. Her father, said, "They wanted a bank stamp on the e-receipt. But if it is an e-receipt how will it have a stamp on it? The entire thing was mismanaged and a waste of people's time."
The Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) office in Nagpur was the nodal organization to oversee the exams locally. When TOI visited the BoM office at Sitabuldi the concerned officer was not available. Some staff members were present to collect the answer papers from all centres but they refused to give the officer's number saying "he was out on duty visiting some centres".
However, invigilating officers at Dharampeth Girls High school told TOI that the candidates were at fault. "How come the other candidates have all documents in place? Candidates are not reading the instructions available on website properly and then they blame us. Some people have come late for which they were refused entry. But now they are claiming that we wrongly refused entry because of lack of documents," said an official.
SOURS :- TOI
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