Authorities
issue strict dress codes to tackle widespread cheating on the entrance test for
India’s prestigious medical colleges. But there is no mention of bras on this
year’s prohibited articles list which includes dark clothes, long sleeves,
brooches, badges, closed shoes and socks.
The
student, who has not been identified, told media she was at the test centre in
Kerala state on Sunday when a metal detector started to beep during a security
check. “At that time, they told that without removing my innerwear I cannot
enter the exam hall since they (bra hooks) are made of metal. So, I took off my
bra there itself and gave it to my mom, she was waiting outside,” the student
told NDTV news network.
The
girl was quoted in The Times of India as saying that she lost all her
“confidence and composure when I was asked to remove it in front of everybody”.
Another student’s parent said his daughter was forced to remove the button on
her jeans after it set off the metal detector. “She was sent back, she came
back and told me ‘Papa, the jeans button has to be removed, the button is an
objectionable item’. Promptly I removed the button,” the father told
NDTV.
“Then
I went to a shop about three kilometres from the exam centre and bought a new
dress for her after getting the shop opened.” The school principal said he was
unaware of the student’s underwear ordeal but admitted his school stuck to the
rules. “We have clear instructions that if the metal detector beeps, no one can
be allowed inside. Whenever it beeped, we told students to remove what they
have,” Jalaluddin K. told NDTV.
Cheating
in exams is common in India including paying large bribes to buy test papers,
although there have been more elaborate ruses. Hundreds of people were arrested
in eastern Bihar state in 2015 for scaling the walls of schools and providing
crib sheets and study materials to their relatives during exams.
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