India, Nov. 18 -- A few third year students of Information Technology (IT) from Government Polytechnic, Bandra, were unable to take the first exam of the fifth semester on Monday, as hall tickets were not issued. They could not be generated as expletives were printed in spaces allocated for their names in the pre-filled data of their exam forms. As soon as they discovered this last week, the panic-stricken students raised the issue with the college administration verbally, but it remained unresolved.

The pre-filled data, which includes a student's enrolment number and identity details, leads to a college issuing hall tickets for exams.

One of the affected students, who did not wish to be named, said, "Nothing changed despite our complai...