CBSE paper leak: Delhi coaching centre head behind scandal? Key updates
More than 2.8 million students have been affected by CBSE decision on Wednesday to re-conduct examination for two papers of Class X and XII. A class XII student preparing for his exams. File photo
CBSE paper leak, re-examinations, student dejection: These are some of the words hanging fire over students and their parents as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced re-examination for the Class 10 mathematics and Class 12 economics subjects amid reports of paper leaks. The fresh dates for the two re-examinations shall be announced before the end of the week. Meanwhile, the Delhi police has been carrying out raids over the CBSE paper leak. The CBSE complaint to the Delhi police has named a Rajinder Nagar coaching institute head as a possible source of the paper leak.Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar has said a new leak-proof system would be put in place for conducting board exams. Seeking to reach out to parents and students worried over the alleged incidents of repeated leaks, Javadekar said he had spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of the developments. With the help of technology, the government would put in place a system "which is so foolproof that there is no leak", Javadekar added.He also said that the HRD ministry had initiated an internal probe into the matter.The Delhi Police's Crime Branch has also begun investigating the alleged leak of the CBSE's Class 12 economics paper and registered a separate case in connection with the alleged leak of the Class 10 mathematics paper. On March 26, Class XII CBSE students were left appalled following the rumours of their Economics paper being leaked on social media hours before the examination. Reports of the question paper being leaked circulated through social media and WhatsApp several hours before the time of the exam.However, CBSE had denied the claims, saying "We have checked with all examination centres and the paper was not leaked."According to a news channel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed unhappiness about the leak of Class 10 and 12 CBSE papers. Modi called HRD minister Prakash Javadekar after the Central education board decided to reschedule the exams following reports of a leak of question papers. The CBSE conducts 24 exams annually for 120 million (1.2 crore) students. This year, 16,38,428 students registered for Class X and 11,86,306 for the Class XII board examinations.Attacking the Modi government, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said that it should be renamed as 'Paper Leak Government'.Students can check out details on cbse.nic.inTop 10 developments around CBSE Class 12 Economics paper, CBSE class 10 Mathematics paper leak1) Rajinder Nagar coaching centre head leaked paper? Reeling from the leak of the Class 10 mathematics and Class 12 economics board exam papers, the CBSE told Delhi Police in a complaint that it received a fax on March 23 naming a person from Rajinder Nagar behind the CBSE paper leak. According to the complaint, this person runs a coaching institute, reported news agency ANI today.
Earlier, the board had denied any leak and urged students and parents not to panic."We have checked with all examination centres and the paper was not leaked. The source of the circulation of this information is not known yet. We want to urge the students and parents to not panic and assure them that the board is doing its best to ensure the sanctity of the examination," a senior CBSE official said.On Sunday, a day before the Class XII Economics exam, a hand-written question paper was making the rounds on WhatsApp, students said.ALSO READ: Their faith in CBSE shaken, students fume over re-exam decisionThis is what Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) notice said: The board has taken cognizance of certain happenings in the conduct of certain examinations as are being reported. With the view to uphold the sanctity of the Board Examinations and in the interest of the fairness to the students, the Board has decided to re-conduct the examinations. Dates for fresh examinations and the other details shall be hosted on the CBSE website within a week, a CBSE notice said.11) Students, teachers to approach Delhi High Court for CBSE exam paper leak: Meanwhile, some teachers, parents, and students are planning to move the Delhi High Court seeking re-exam and an independent probe on the leaks. The parents and students claim that even the class X Social studies and class XII biology exam were leaked, among others.12) CBSE Maths exams to be held across India? CBSE is yet to clarify if the re-exam will be for the Delhi region or all India.13) Delhi govt orders probe into complaints of CBSE Class 12 accountancy paper leak: The Delhi government said that it had received complaints of class 12 CBSE accountancy paper being leaked, after which a probe was ordered, even as the board denied any leak.DoE officials, who were asked to probe the issue, said the question paper being circulated on Whatsapp matches the original paper but the suspected leak has not been ascertained yet."The question paper circulating on Whatsapp matches the set 2 of the question paper but since the exact time at which it was circulated first is not yet known, the leak cannot be ascertained. We are looking into it," a senior DoE official said, on condition of anonymity.14) Manish Sisodia asked CBSE to investigate Class XII accountancy question paper leak: The news came to light after Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted asking officers of Directorate of Education to investigate the alleged leakage."Received complaints of Class 12 CBSE Accountancy paper being leaked. Asked officers of Directorate of Education to investigate&lodge complaint with CBSE. Swift action must be taken, so that hard-working students don't suffer due to the negligence of CBSE," tweeted Sisodia.Purported copies of the paper were doing round on Whatsapp and social media.The paper was reportedly leaked in Rohini and later circulated in the national capital via WhatsApp.15) 'CBSE Class XII accountancy question paper was not leaked': The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) earlier denied the reports of alleged leakage of Class XII accountancy question paper. In a statement, the Board informed that some miscreants tried to play mischief by circulating messages through WhatsApp, however, strict actions will be taken against such activities."There has been no leakage of the question paper. All the seals have been found intact at all the exam centres. During the process of exam, however, at local level some miscreants have tried to play mischief by circulating messages through WhatsApp and social media to disturb the sanctity of examinations. CBSE has decided to take strict action against such activities. FIR is being lodged by CBSE," read an official statement.Controversy continued to court the CBSE board.16) No decision yet on compensating students for "error" in class X English paper, says CBSE: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on March 19 said it was undecided on providing compensation to Class X students for an alleged error in the English question paper.Teachers and students have been claiming that the paper held on March 12 had certain errors in the comprehension passage section.The passage section of the paper where students were expected to find synonyms of 'endurance, obstruction and motivation' in paragraphs two, four and five, respectively had its answers in paras three and six. Certain typos also led to confusion among students, an online petition started by a group of students said.Reports were doing round that the board has decided to compensate students for the "error", however, the board officials clarified that no decision has been taken yet.17) CBSE exam paper leak in 2006: In 2006, the police uncovered the leaked CBSE question paper of Business Studies while it was searching for suspects related to the Varanasi bomb blasts. The police in Panipat in Haryana searched every hotel and dhaba for information related to the blasts and, instead, found the leaked papers.18) Another leak in 2011: In 2011, three persons, Krishnan Raju, principal of government senior secondary school at Lapati, Rashid, an executive engineer of the Andamans PWD, and Vijayan, a forest ranger, were arrested on charges of leaking the question papers of the on-going CBSE exams. The question papers included those of science and mathematics of Class XII.Students, parents panic after CBSE announces re-exam for Class 12 Economics, Class 10 Maths papers. Some of them expressed their anger on Twitter:
Why should our batch always be the unluckiest #CBSE . Those miscreants who leak papers should understand the pain we put into studies.— Siddharth ST (@STSiddhu) March 28, 2018
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