2 teachers identified as masterminds of Class 10 question paper leak: Assam DGP
AssamDGP G P Singh revealed that two teachers had been identified as masterminds of the Class 10 question paper leak.
FollowAssam Director General of Police G P Singh on Friday revealed that two teachers had been identified as masterminds of the Class 10 question paper leak.
Remnants of burnt question papers recovered from the house of the main accused, the DGP added.
Even as the investigation into the leaking of question papers that saw two tests of the state board-conducted Class 10 exams being cancelled within a week, Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu asserted that the entire examination system would be analysed and rectified.
Admitting that there are lapses in the system, he said the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) has to figure out where the problems are and take corrective measures.
Days after the general science question paper leak of the Class 10 state board exam, the Assamese paper also got leaked, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday evening.
All the Modern Indian Language (MIL) subject papers, including English, which were to be held on Saturday, have been cancelled as a precautionary step, as one of the accused revealed leaking the Assamese question paper. The new dates will be announced by SEBA today, Pegu said.
In Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts, students study English (in lieu) instead of MIL Assamese. In addition to Assamese, the other MIL subjects are Bengali, Bodo, Hindi, Manipuri, Hmar, Nepali, Mizo, Khasi, Garo, Karbi and Urdu
The general science question paper of the Class 10 matriculation exam was leaked on Sunday night, and the exam scheduled on Monday was cancelled thereafter. According to a SEBA notification, the examination for the subject will now be held on March 30.
The CID is investigating the case, and among those arrested are several students. A school headteacher, who has also been apprehended, is suspected to be the mastermind. Meanwhile, reacting to the latest report of the paper leak, opposition Congress said the episode had brought the entire matric examination process under the scanner.
Not only Assamese, but every paper of the HSLC exam also seems to be under the scanner. CM @himantabiswa, and Education Minister @ranojpeguassam must be ashamed of themselves, take responsibility for this fiasco & resign. Horrific how @BJP4Assam Govt can play with the lives of lakhs of students, the party said on Twitter.
Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi also hit out at the government, claiming that such problems are bound to happen under a bulldozer regime. Shameful that the State Government has been unable to conduct an exam. He tweeted that education and other crucial aspects of development are bound to suffer under a bulldozer regime.
Is it truly a conspiracy to destroy the Assamese vernacular medium, said Independent legislator Akhil Gogoi. Protests were staged in front of the Luit Khabalu High School in Majuli, whose headteacher is suspected to be the mastermind in the case.
Locals gathered near the school since morning and raised slogans.
