English honours paper of Plus III cancelled

A news article from here. In my opinion the university should formulate and stick to strict but transparent norms for examination paper setting and evaluation. News of this kind does not reflect well on the reputation of the university especially when we are trying to make Ravenshaw an international centre of excellence.
"After the abundance of glitches appearing in questions papers of the recently-concluded Matriculation examinations, it was the turn of University students to get a taste of ‘flawed’ question paper.

The undergraduate students of English honours in Ravenshaw University were taken aback on Thursday when they saw the American Literature question paper of the ongoing final Plus III examination. The entire questions of the paper carrying 80 marks were from outside the syllabus and the students could not believe themselves as they failed to attempt even a single question.

However, when the matter was brought to the notice of the University authorities, they immediately recognized their mistake and decided to cancel the paper promising that the same paper would be conducted afresh at a later date. About a hundred students are appearing for the final examination of English honours in the University this year. “A particular alternative syllabus of the paper has been completely omitted in the set of question. After discussing with the faculty of the department, we have cancelled the American Literature paper on Thursday. This paper would now be held on April 19 afresh,” said Registrar Satyakam Mishra.

The question setter might have committed the mistake by completely ignoring the syllabus or was entirely confused, said a faculty."