AIEEE 2011 paper leaked in UP, exam delayed by 3 hours

All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) paper couldn’t start at scheduled 9.30 am time today morning in Ahmedabad and all other places across the country covering over 1600 centres. Several school centres in Ahmedabad and Vadodara in Gujarat witnessed protests of students and parents at around 9.30 when exam was to begin as per the schedule. It was told to students who had reached examination centers that paper was leaked and therefore the exam is rescheduled and it will be held on 12.00. Some students had already entered and started giving exam, but they too were asked to leave the exam hall after few minutes citing technical reason. About 12 lakh students across the country are expected to appear in this exam. Of them one lakh will appear for exam online in 20 cities. The exam is being conducted by CBSE, the nodel agency for AIEEE. Scheduled time of exam was from 9.30 to 12.30 pm. Reports are coming in that the paper leak happened in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

While Paper covers 1 BE, BTech aspirants with objective-type questions in physics, chemistry and mathematics, Paper 2 contains questions in mathematics, aptitude and drawing to ascertain skill in illustration. The result is expected by the end of first week of June. The test is conducted for 26,816 seats of BE, BTech and 936 seats for BArch, BPlanning in institutions across the country, including National Institutes of Technology (NIT), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), deemed universities, technical institutions, Nirma Institute of Engineering and other government-funded institutions.