The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad has earned `81 lakh this year by way of penalties levied on students submitting their Eamcet applications after the due date. The overall income from Eamcet has reached Rs 9.49 crore so far. While the application fee for Eamcet is just Rs 250 if submitted within the due date, students are allowed to submit late applications with penalties of Rs 500, Rs 1,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 after the due date. The penalty increases with every passing week after the due date. Students still have the provision to submit applications with a penalty of Rs 10,000 till the evening of May 19 for the exam scheduled for May 22.
While 7,283 students submitted applications by paying a penalty of Rs 500, 2,824 students submitted with a penalty of Rs 1,000. Similarly, 308 students paid a penalty of Rs 5,000 and another 13 students paid a penalty of Rs 10,000. With three days still left for submitting applications with a penalty of `10,000, the Eamcet officials expect to receive around 100 more applications that will result in additional income of Rs 10 lakh.
However, students who applied by paying a penalty of Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 will be allotted centres only in Hyderabad to appear for Eamcet this year unlike earlier when they had an opportunity to opt for a centre of their choice. The decision was taken to check malpractices, particularly in the medical stream exam, after it was found that some of these students were “repeaters” who were appearing for Eamcet continuously since 2005 with an intention of helping other students copy from their answer sheets.
Source : DC