Amritsar:
Students stage a protest against the move of the Central Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE) to conduct re-examination of Economics and Mathematics, in
Amritsar on Saturday.Photo : google news
Delhi Police on Sunday arrested one coaching centre owner
and two other teachers in Delhi's Bawana for their involvement in the Central
Board of Examination (CBSE) Class X and Class XII paper-leak episode, according
to media reports.
The accused were identified as Rishabh and Rohit, teachers
at a private school, and Touqeer, a tutor at a coaching centre in Bawana,
reported Press Trust of India.
The coaching centre owner, Touqeer, had allegedly leaked the
economics paper half an hour before the exam and sent it to the teachers on
WhatsApp, the police told PTI.
The re-test for Central Board of Secondary Education’s
(CBSE's) Class 12 economics paper will be held on April 25, while the Class 10
mathematics re-test, if required, will be conducted only for Delhi-NCR and
Haryana in July, the government has said. All the confusion regarding the CBSE
re-test should be cleared now after the announcements made by his ministry,
said Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar.
Students will have to take the Class 10 CBSE maths re-test only if the leak is
found to be a large-scale one, added Javadekar.
According to ANI, the Delhi Police on Saturday sent three
teams to schools, exam centres and their houses in outer Delhi to investigate
the Class X and XII paper leaks.
More than 60 people have been questioned till now, out of
which 10 are tutors of coaching centres. Moreover, about 50 mobile phones of
students and tutors have been seized, reported ANI.
According to Police, e-mail address details have been
received from Google and that the person who sent the mail has been identified
and inquiry is on. A total of 53 students and 7 teachers have been questioned
so far, ANI reported. Earlier, in a significant breakthrough, Delhi Police's
crime branch has received a reply from Google on the details it had sought
pertaining to the e-mail address from where the CBSE chairperson was sent a
mail about the Class 10 mathematics paper being leaked, sources told PTI. The
official, however, refused to share any other detail regarding Google's
response.
The CBSE has shared information regarding how board papers
are conducted with the police, which is probing the CBSE paper leaks. In a
letter to the police, the CBSE gave details about the examination centres,
names of staff and superintendents at the centres, bank custodians, as well as
the names and contact details of bank managers who had custody of the leaked papers
in Delhi and Haryana.
After the CBSE re-examination announcement came, a CBSE
student from Cochin on Friday approached the Supreme Court against the
re-examination of the Class 10 maths paper. Meanwhile, the Delhi Police has
questioned over 60 people in connection with the CBSE leak case, including the
administrators of over 10 WhatsApp groups on which the leaked question papers
were shared, as the investigators sought to trace the origin of the leak.
Anil Swarup, Secretary School Education in Union Human
Resources Development Ministry, said the decision to conduct fresh exams won't
affect the date of publication of the results, which usually happens in May
end. However, there will be no fresh test outside of India as the question
papers are different for students appearing for CBSE examinations outside
India.
Important CBSE announcements:
- No leak of CBSE papers outside India, hence no re-exam will be held abroad
- CBSE Class X Mathematics examination likely to be held in July
- Class XII Economics re-exam on April 25: Education Secretary
Ever since the papers were leaked, scores of students have
been protesting to express their dissatisfaction over the poor governance and
the CBSE re-examination decision.
On Wednesday, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed
after the CBSE registered two cases with the Crime Branch.
The question paper of the Class 12 Economics exam, which was
held on March 26, and Class 10 Maths, held on March 28, were leaked on social
media hours before the examination.
A first information report (FIR) earlier revealed that CBSE
had received an e-mail from devn532@gmail.com on March 28 at 1.29 am with 12
images of the CBSE Class 10 mathematics paper, but the CBSE completely ignored
the tip-off sent by a person yet to be identified, according to media reports.
The leaked CBSE paper, which was even circulated on social media application
WhatsApp, was initially sold off for Rs 35,000, but the prices later dropped to
Rs 5,000, according to media reports. It is alleged that 1,000 students in Delhi
may have accessed the paper.
The Delhi Police wrote to Google asking it to share details
of the ID from which the CBSE chairperson was sent the e-mail about the paper
being leaked, police officials said.
You can check the board’s official announcements regarding
the re-examination at www.cbse.nic.in. CBSE helpline numbers listed on their
site are: 91-11-22509256, 22509257, 22509258, 22509259.
Here are the top 10 developments in the CBSE re-examination
fiasco and the case around the CBSE paper leak:
1) Delhi Police arrests one coaching centre owner and two
teachers regarding paper-leak episode: ANI reported on Sunday three people -
one coaching centre owner and two teachers - were arrested in Delhi's Bawana in
connection to the alleged paper-leak.
The accused were identified as Rishabh and Rohit, teachers
at a private school, and Touqeer, a tutor at a coaching centre in Bawana,
reported Press Trust of India.
Touqeer had allegedly leaked the economics paper half an
hour before the exam and sent it to the teachers on WhatsApp, the police said.
Those questioned, including tutors and students, had
revealed that they got the papers from someone else, an official privy to the
probe told PTI.
There is nothing to indicate that money was charged for
sharing these papers, he said.
2) Delhi Police sends teams to schools, exam centres and
residences of students: The Delhi Police on Saturday sent three teams to
schools, exam centres and their houses in outer Delhi to investigate the Class
X and XII paper leaks, according to ANI.
More than 60 people have been questioned till now, out of
which 10 are tutors of coaching centres. Moreover, about 50 mobile phones of
students and tutors have been seized, reported ANI.
According to Police, e-mail address details have been
received from Google and that the person who sent the mail has been identified
and inquiry is on. A total of 53 students and 7 teachers have been questioned
so far, ANI reported.
Moreover, police also increased the search for the
whistleblower in the CBSE paper leaks, who, on three occasions, alerted the
education board about it.
3) Google sends reply to Delhi Police: According to an
official privy to the development, the Delhi Police's Crime Branch has got a
reply from Google on the details it had sought pertaining to the e-mail address
from where the CBSE chairperson was sent a mail about the Class 10 mathematics
paper being leaked.
The official, however, refused to divulge further details.
The mail also contained 12 images of the handwritten
mathematics paper allegedly leaked on WhatsApp.
4) Three Delhi Police teams sent to schools and students'
homes: Continuing its investigation into the CBSE paper leak, the Delhi Police
has sent three teams to schools, exam centres, and residences of students in
outer Delhi. Further, more than 50 cell phones of students and tutors have been
seized till now, news agencies reported today.
Over 60 questioned over CBSE paper leak: The Delhi Police
has questioned over 60 people, including the administrators of over 10 WhatsApp
groups on which the leaked question papers were shared.
The WhatsApp groups mostly comprise students and tutors and
some of them had common members, the official said.
"If we are able to establish the link of any of these
WhatsApp group members with those connected to officials related to the
examination process, we might question the latter as we have got their details
from the board," the official added.
All those questioned, including tutors and students, have
revealed that they got the papers from someone else. There is nothing to
indicate that money was charged for sharing these papers, an official privy to
the probe said.
Meanwhile, six students were detained in Chatra district of
Jharkhand in connection with the leak of Class 10 mathematics and Class 12
economics papers.
6) Students to take Class 10 CBSE maths re-test only if the
leak is large-scale: Clearing the air over the possibility of class 10 CBSE
re-examination in Delhi and Haryana, Javadekar stated that a re-test would be
conducted only if the police investigation points to a large-scale leak.
7) Students protest at CBSE office over paper leaks today: A
group of students today staged a demonstration near the CBSE office at Preet
Vihar in New Delhi against the leak of Class 10 Mathematics and Class 12
Economics papers. "The students tried to block the road in front of the
CBSE office, but we kept them away.
A group of about 25-30 students are protesting outside the
CBSE office," said a senior Delhi Police officer.
8) Class 12 economics exam on 25 April, Class 10 maths
likely in July: Anil Swarup, Secretary School Education in Union Human
Resources Development Ministry, said the CBSE Class 10 mathematics question
paper was leaked only in Delhi and Haryana as there was no evidence that it was
a pan-India affair. "The leak was restricted to Delhi and Haryana, if at
all a re-exam will happen, it will happen only in these states in July. A
decision will be taken on this in the next 15 days," Swarup said on Friday.
He said the Class 12 economics re-exam will be held on April 25.
On the decision to hold Class 12 economics re-examination,
Anil Swarup said, "As I mentioned earlier, children have to go to the
University to seek admission... they have to appear in various examinations.
Most importantly, there is no time for a detailed inquiry (on) where exactly
the leak happened."
"Our immediate concern of the children who have
suffered and this decision is in that context. We will nail the person who did
this," Anil Swarup added.
"For Class 10 Maths, the examination will take place if
it is found that the leaks had been in Delhi and Haryana. The decision will be
only for Delhi and Haryana... for rest of the states, no re-examination will
happen," Anil Swarup said.
9) Why CBSE didn’t cancel the maths exam after tip-off: Anil
Swarup said that although the mail had come at 1:29 am on March 28, it was only
seen at 8:55 am, therefore, stopping the exam that was scheduled to commence at
10 am was not feasible.
"Putting the children at an inconvenience at some
fellow's message who might be playing a trick... we could not have done
that," Anil Swarup said, according to media reports.
"The mail came at 1.29 am on March 28 (early Wednesday)
but the mail was seen at 8.55 am by the CBSE chairman. The paper was sent for
verification. Just because there was an alert, we couldn't have stopped the
exam," said Anil Swarup.
"This is not a perfect solution, in such a case there
is no perfect solution possible. But we tried our best to limit the damage as
much as possible. The information is limited and we are yet to ascertain what
went wrong. Thus in such a situation, this decision was the best alternative we
had," added Anil Swarup.
10) Student moves SC against Maths re-exam: Rohan Mathew, a
Class 10 CBSE student, on Friday approached the Supreme Court against the
decision of the CBSE to cancel and re-conduct the Mathematics exam held on
March 28 over the question paper leak.
Mathew sought the apex court's direction to the education
board to publish results on the basis of already held examination.
He also sought setting up of a special high-powered
committee to conduct a detailed investigation into the case.
The All India Parents Association had said on Friday that it
would file a petition in the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking a
court-monitored probe into the matter.
"The leaks have rocked the confidence of parents and
students. Question is now being raised over the examination system being
followed," president of the association and lawyer Ashok Agarwal said.
No confusion now over CBSE re-test, says Javdekar: Union HRD
Minister Prakash Javadekar said the announcements made by his ministry on
Friday should clear all confusion regarding the re-test of the CBSE Class 10
maths and Class 12 Economics papers.
Clearing the confusion as to students of which states would
give the Class 10 mathematics re-exam, Javadekar said, “Class-X students from
J&K, Uttarakhand, Himachal, Punjab, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar, West Bengal, Northeastern states, Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman, Lakshadweep, Kerala,
Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh will not
give the CBSE maths re-test."
Launching the final round of the Smart India Hackathon-2018
(software edition) at New Delhi Institute of Management, he appealed to the
students to "come out with the solution for making examinations leak
proof", an official statement said.
Opposition attacks Modi govt: The Opposition stepped up its
attack on the government over the CBSE paper leaks, with the Congress accusing
the government of sheltering the "exam mafia" that it claimed has
taken over the examination system of the country.
The Congress questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
silence on the issue and asked why he has not apologised for the paper leaks.
Taking a swipe at the prime minister, Congress president
Rahul Gandhi said Modi would now write a sequel to his book "Exam Warriors"
to teach students and parents stress relief, once their lives are
"destroyed due to leaked exam papers"
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