25 Students Fall into Drain Outside Kanpur BEd Entrance Exam Centre, Four Hurt
01 June 2026 | The Wire
Latest in the string of embarrassing incidents concerning the state of examinations in India is the collapse of an old concrete slab outside an examination centre in Uttar Pradesh, which caused around 25 students and their family members to fall into a drain on Sunday (May 31).
The incident took place near Kanpur’s H.N. Mishra PG College where candidates had gathered for the Uttar Pradesh B.Ed Joint Entrance Examination. After candidates were allegedly informed at the last-minute that they need to present photocopies of their Aadhaar card, several students and their family members flocked to a nearby shop to arrange the documents…