By Abdul Karim Al-Dhiyabi

Okaz/Saudi Gazette

TAIF — About 50 women students of the College of Computer Science and IT at Taif University have refused to retake an examination the question paper of which the university says had been leaked out.

The students said they were told about the leakage five days after they sat the exam. The paper was related to artificial intelligence.

They said the person responsible for leaking the question paper should be held accountable instead of asking them to repeat the exam.

The university›s rector, Hussam Zaman, has pledged to punish those responsible for the leakage and urged the women students to sit the exam again on Thursday.

He said all women students should be present in the examination hall on time and warned anyone who failed to do so without a valid reason of unpleasant consequences.

The students were adamant on their refusal to repeat the exam. They said on Thursday they have another exam on the subject of «wireless communications».

They filed a complaint with the head of the College of Computer and IT, Sanaa Al-Azouri. They said they could not understand why the authorities took five days to find out about the leakage of the question paper and announce it to the students.

In their complaint the students said they were not willing to sit the exam for a second time especially because the scheduled date it coincides with another exam.

The students said the university did not reveal to them how the questions were leaked and who was responsible for it.

They said they learned about the matter through a notification placed at the university entrance.