A group of candidates could not write the online University Grants Commission’s National Eligibility Test (NET), an examination to determine the eligibility to teach in colleges and universities, at the National Institute of Technology-Calicut (NITC) due to technical glitches, on Saturday.
Server issues are reported to have caused the impasse. The NITC said in a release later that neither the institution nor its infrastructure and officials were responsible for the difficulties faced by the candidates.
According to one of the candidates, registration for the morning session of the exam was scheduled to be held between 7.20 a.m. and 8.20 a.m. The three-hour exam was supposed to start at 9 a.m. However, the registration got delayed due to a slowing down of the server and could be completed only by around 10.30 a.m. As soon as the exam started by around 11 a.m., the candidates were not able to load the page and navigate between the questions. But since they had logged in, the clock was ticking even though they could not attend any questions. There were over 70 candidates writing the exam in subjects such as Sanskrit, Population Studies, and Political Science.
