Tejpur (Assam) A 19-year-old student, who arrived in shorts for an entrance test, was made to wrap a curtain around her legs in order to sit for the exam in Assam’s Tezpur town.

The incident took place Wednesday when Jublee Tamuli appeared for the entrance exam of Jorhat’s Assam Agricultural University (AAU).She along with her father travelled from their hometown Biswanath Chariali to Tezpur, 70 km away, in the morning to be on time for the test. According to Jublee, there was no hitch as she entered the exam venue – Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (GIPS). Trouble started in the exam hall.

The security guards allowed her go inside, however, was stopped by the invigilator at the exam hall saying would not allowed to enter wearing shorts. Jublee said the admission card did not mention any dress code, adding that she wrote the NEET examination a few days ago in the same town wearing the same attire.

The Controller of the Examination told Jublee that she could take the examination if pant was arranged. She said she went out and told her father who was waiting outside who rushed to market, 8km from the examination centre, to buy a pair of cloth.

As losing the precious time she was provided a curtain to cover her legs and allowed to write the examination.

“They said that if I lacked basic common sense, how would I succeed in life,” said Jublee, adding that it was “completely unfair”. “They did not check for Covid protocols, masks or even temperature…but they checked for shorts,” she said.

Abdul Baquee Ahmed, principal, GIPS, said he was not present in college but “aware that such an incident had happened.”