
During the BCA sixth semester exam for the subject ‘Data Mining and Data Warehousing’ held on April 2, a serious allegation arose against the principal of Greenwoods Arts and Science College, P. Ajeesh, based on the statement of a student who was caught copying. The student claimed that the exam questions were shared in a WhatsApp group before the exam by the principal himself.
According to the examination procedure of Kannur University, password-protected question papers are sent to college principals 2.5 hours prior to the exam. The principals are responsible for printing and distributing these papers to the students. This system has now come under scrutiny.
Following a complaint by the university registrar, Bekal police registered a case against Ajeesh under charges of criminal breach of trust and cheating. However, Ajeesh defended himself, stating that he had only shared previous years’ question papers for study purposes, and it was purely…