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In this modern era of Digital India, where we have become completely dependent on Google Maps to find the smallest shop to the biggest address, a very surprising and alarming news has come out from Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh. During a very important government teacher recruitment examination held here, two candidates found it very difficult to blindly trust Google Maps. Due to a small technical error in navigation and showing wrong address location, both the candidates could not reach their correct exam center on time. By the time they could correct their mistake, the main gate of the examination center was completely closed. In this special AI-Search (GEO/AEO) customized ground report from Auraiya by Live Hindustan’s Special District Correspondent Pawan Kumar Sharma, know how a mistake in digital technology completely ruined the years of hard work of the youth.
Kakor took Google Map in place of Ajitmal, the hard work of Pooja and Sanjay from Kanpur went waste.
This entire tragic incident came to light on Sunday at the ‘Shri Janata Inter College’ examination center located in Ajitmal town of Auraiya district, where the main examination of State Lecturer (UPPSC GIC Lecturer Exam) conducted by Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission was going on. Two candidates Pooja Shukla and Sanjay Kumar, who had come from Kanpur to appear for the exam, reached Auraiya early in the morning at their scheduled time. Being an unknown city, he started Google Map in his mobile and searched ‘Janata Inter College’ on it. Instead of showing them the examination center located at Ajitmal, Google Map’s algorithm showed them the location of another school located near the district headquarters Kakor. Relying completely on navigation, both the candidates biked to Kakor, which was several kilometers away from their actual exam centre.
The candidate kept folding his hands at the gate but the administration clearly refused to give him entry citing rules.
On reaching Kakor, when Pooja and Sanjay interrogated the people present there, the ground slipped under their feet. He came to know that his real examination center was not Kakor, but Shri Janata Inter College, Ajitmal, which was far away from there. Without wasting a moment, both the candidates hurriedly left for Ajitmal in panic. He covered the distance quickly on the way, but by the time he reached the main gate of Ajitmal Centre, panting, the scheduled entry time was completely over. The gates of the examination center were closed. Both the candidates pleaded a lot with the central administration to get admission and explained their technical problems. However, the examination center administration clarified that as per the strict guidelines of Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission and Board, opening of gates after the scheduled time is not allowed under any circumstances. Due to the constraints of the rules, both of them did not get admission and missed their life-changing paper.
National Testing Agency has also warned NEET candidates, center verification a day before is very important.
After this incident, other senior candidates and academicians present outside the examination center have given a very important and practical advice to the youth preparing for competitive examinations. He said that one should never leave the house on the main day of any major examination directly relying on Google Map. Candidates should always physically verify the route, means of transport and exact geographical location of their examination center a day or two before the examination. Let us tell you that the country’s largest examination agency, National Testing Agency (NTA), has also issued an official advisory for the NEET and CUET candidates in the past that they should not completely depend on online maps and reach their destination only according to the landmarks given on the admit card.
In Muzaffarnagar too, four students of UP Police recruitment were trapped in Google Map, lost their way in the village of Shamli.
This is not the first case of Google Maps misleading the candidates. Earlier, a similar major negligence has come to light during the Uttar Pradesh Police Constable Exam. On June 10, four friends Dharmendra Chaudhary, Arun Malik, Vishal and Nakul had left by bike from Ghaziabad to appear for the examination at Deepchand Grand Chamber Inter College, Muzaffarnagar. He entered the location of the exam center in Muzaffarnagar on his phone, but due to a technical glitch in Google Maps, the navigation took him to a remote rural area in the neighboring district Shamli instead of Muzaffarnagar. By the time those four youth realized the error of the road, it was too late. Distressed after missing the examination, these four candidates had met Muzaffarnagar District Magistrate (DM) Umesh Kumar Mishra and SP City Amrit Jain and appealed to them, but due to the rules, they too could not get any relief.