Students protesting against CBSE at Ferozpur road in Ludhiana. Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh
The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Centre’s stand on a court-monitored probe into the recent leaks of mathematics and economics papers of class 10 and 12. The bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar directed the board and the government to clear their stand after hearing a plea today.
The petition by NGO Social Jurist has sought that the class 10 maths exam be held in April rather than July as proposed by the authorities. A petition filed by advocate Ashok Agarwal has proposed to award grace marks to the students in the maths and economics re-examination.
Delhi Police on Sunday arrested three teachers, for allegedly leaking the Class 12 Economics paper. The three men had allegedly distributed the papers 45 minutes before the examination, sources said. Earlier on Saturday, twelve persons were arrested in Jharkhand for their alleged involvement in leaking the Class 10 mathematics question paper.
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The Delhi Police Crime Branch investigating the paper leak case said the arrests were part of just one “module” that leaked question papers for money.
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Tauqeer (26), a private tuition teacher and Rishab Singh (29) and Rohit (26) — who teach Physics and Chemistry at Mother Khazani Convent school in Bawana — were arrested on Sunday, said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Alok Kumar.
Following the arrests, the CBSE has suspended one of its officers, K S Rana for lack of supervision of an examination centre in Delhi from where economics paper was allegedly leaked.
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“On the direction of the HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar to take swift action against culprits, the Board has suspended KS Rana, the official found lax in supervising examination centre (0859) with immediate effect. A formal inquiry has been instituted,” school education secretary Anil Swarup tweeted on Sunday night.
The CBSE has postponed all Class 10 and 12 exams scheduled for Monday in Punjab due to the Bharat bandh called by the dalit organisations today. However, the exams will be held as scheduled in Chandigarh and in the rest of the country.
– With inputs from PTI