Hundreds of students and parents gathered in protests outside the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) headquarters today in Delhi. The CBSE class 10th Mathematics (held on 28th March) and class 12th Economics (held on 26th March) question papers were leaked ahead of the examinations and since then there has been an environment of unrest and anger among lakhs of students who were affected by the paper leak. Hand-written question papers were found doing rounds on WhatsApp groups before the examinations.
#CBSEPaperLeak: Students protest outside CBSE office in #Delhi, say, ‘Students are suffering due to CBSE’s mistakes.’ pic.twitter.com/TuNRp2dWig
— ANI (@ANI) March 30, 2018
CBSE chairperson Anita Karwal has stated that the exams will be conducted again and the decision of re-examination is in the favour of the students. Union HRD minister Prakash Javdekar also took to Twitter to calm the students and assured them that the culprits will be nabbed soon.
Dear Students,
I fully understand your anguish, helplessness, anger and frustration. It is really painful that criminals do the wrong and the honest and brightest suffer. (1/2) @CBSEINDIA @HRDMinistry— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) March 29, 2018
I can understand the pain & frustration of parents & children. Culprits will be nabbed soon and strict action will be taken. We are taking all measures to ensure that the exams remain fool-proof. @CBSEWorld @HRDMinistry (2/2)
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) March 29, 2018
So far the police have questioned over 30 people over the allegations of the paper leak, most of whom are tutors and students of at different coaching centres. A dozen mobile phones have also been seized. The Delhi Police Crime Branch has stated that they are reverse-tracing the trail of the WhatsApp messages that leaked the papers and the private tutor of a coaching centre in Rajinder Nagar, who was named by CBSE in their FIR is being interrogated. RP Upadhyay, special commissioner of police, Delhi has also stated that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed and two cases have been registered for the matter. CBSE, in its complaint, had stated that they had received a fax naming the coaching centre owner from Rajinder Nagar to be behind the leaks.
CBSE in a complaint to Delhi Police says it received a fax on March 23 naming a person from Rajinder Nagar behind CBSE paper leak. This person, as per the complaint, runs a coaching institute. pic.twitter.com/0KLQ3GIQry
— ANI (@ANI) March 29, 2018
Seven students of the DU were also among those questioned by the SIT and raids have been conducted at several places. According to reports, at least 24 students from different schools in outer and north-east Delhi had received the class 10th Mathematics paper through a particular WhatsApp group and the class 12th Economics paper was circulated among a group of 10 students. From them, it went viral. The students are also being probed.
The re-examination dates are expected to be announced on Monday.
