GUWAHATI: Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has requested the Board of Secondary Education Assam (Seba) to cancel the board examination held in all these centres where experiences of malpractices have been confirmed by the respective deputy commissioners.
Seba on Monday swung into motion after its secretary Naranarayan Nath was summoned by the chief minister, following a number of incidents of dishonest and alleged use of smartphones contained in the examination centres. At the Ganigram exam centre in Cachar district, 5 individuals had been arrested for supplying cheat-sheets to the examinees on the primary day of the examination on Friday. During a police search, a lot of cheat-sheets had been discovered on the third day of the examination from the centre on Monday. Over 760 college students are registered to look from Ganigram.
“For the Ganigram examination centre, the deputy commissioner has sent us a report on the malpractices that took place during the English paper. All the candidates in the centre will have to reappear in the English paper. The date of re-examination will be fixed later,” Seba chairperson RC Jain advised TOI on Monday.
Seba officers stated the board will announce re-examination in another centres in the state, if the deputy commissioners involved affirm the experiences of malpractices. The deputy commissioners are the chairpersons of the district-level board examination supervision committees.
“Seba has sought reports from the district-level committees about the anomalies. As per the reports, we will announce re-examination, if needed,” Seba controller of examinations NJ Sarmah stated.
From Cachar district once more, the arithmetic paper went viral a couple of minutes after the graduation of the examination on Monday. DC Rohan Jha, nonetheless, stated it was “not a leak” as a pupil despatched the images of the query paper exterior via his smartphone when the examination was already underway throughout the state.
Seba on Monday swung into motion after its secretary Naranarayan Nath was summoned by the chief minister, following a number of incidents of dishonest and alleged use of smartphones contained in the examination centres. At the Ganigram exam centre in Cachar district, 5 individuals had been arrested for supplying cheat-sheets to the examinees on the primary day of the examination on Friday. During a police search, a lot of cheat-sheets had been discovered on the third day of the examination from the centre on Monday. Over 760 college students are registered to look from Ganigram.
“For the Ganigram examination centre, the deputy commissioner has sent us a report on the malpractices that took place during the English paper. All the candidates in the centre will have to reappear in the English paper. The date of re-examination will be fixed later,” Seba chairperson RC Jain advised TOI on Monday.
Seba officers stated the board will announce re-examination in another centres in the state, if the deputy commissioners involved affirm the experiences of malpractices. The deputy commissioners are the chairpersons of the district-level board examination supervision committees.
“Seba has sought reports from the district-level committees about the anomalies. As per the reports, we will announce re-examination, if needed,” Seba controller of examinations NJ Sarmah stated.
From Cachar district once more, the arithmetic paper went viral a couple of minutes after the graduation of the examination on Monday. DC Rohan Jha, nonetheless, stated it was “not a leak” as a pupil despatched the images of the query paper exterior via his smartphone when the examination was already underway throughout the state.
