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NEW DELHI: It was a rude jolt for 18-year-old B Tech aspirant – Aditya Mittal – when he spotted a complete mismatch in his candidate response sheets (answer sheet) after the result of Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) mains came out on August 7. He found that the key answer sheets that he downloaded from the website of JEE mains NTA (jeemain.nta.nic.in) differed on two different occasions.
“I was shocked to see the mismatch. How could it be possible? According to my August 3 answer sheet, I scored 212 marks out of 300. However, in the next day’s (August 4) answer sheet, I scored 153 marks out of 300. Which answer sheet should I believe in! ” Aditya wondered as he spoke to The New Indian.
Since it concerned his son’s future, Aditya’s father Vivek took up the issue seriously and approached the Delhi High Court on August 5. The Court of Justice Sanjeev Narula, called the NTA officials and sought their response on the issue.
JEE mains computer-based examinations were conducted by NTA (National Testing Agency) in July in which around 8 lakh students registered themselves.
Earlier, the exams used to be conducted through Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheets, which were stated to be a time-taking process.
Through the new computerised facility, the aspirants can download and check their answer sheets once the result is out. But in Aditya’s case, the two answer sheets on August 3 and 4 were showing contradictory results as 15 questions out of 58 he attempted had anomaly.
Aditya said he had wanted to check the questions where he committed mistakes and that’s why he downloaded the answer sheets. He immediately told his father Vivek Mittal, who is a vice president in a private company, about the glitch and discrepancy.
“NTA officials tried to prove us wrong, without giving a proper and valid reason. They said the answer sheets which we downloaded from their website were fabricated and forged. The court, however, considered our plea seriously and directed the NTA to come up with a proper response within four weeks. The plea was heard on August 5,” said Vivek.
“Now, I have decided to get my document checked through Truth Lab and will submit it with the court. I don’t know whether it is a glitch or scam but I want my son’s answer sheet to be correctly checked. I will continue the fight till I get justice,” added Vivek.
“I believe many students must have gone through the same ordeal but their voice remains unheard since they don’t know how to and whom to approach,” Vivek pointed out.
