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CBSE orders re-exam due to paper leak: Students protest, say it's their worst nightmare come true
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Mar 29, 2018, 13:32 IST
NEW DELHI: Students across the country are terribly upset with the news that the CBSE has ordered the re-examination of the Class XII economics and Class X maths papers after both papers were leaked ahead of the exams.
Across cities -- from Bengaluru, Goa, Guwahati, Chennai and Kolkata to Bhopal and Patna, among others, students are furious they will have to take the exams once again even though the leak was limited to the Delhi region.
On Thursday, parents and students in several cities protested against the CBSE’s decision. Online petition have already started doing the rounds on social media vociferously slamming the board’s decision.
The board’s statement on Wednesday said the board had taken cognisance of “certain happenings in the conduct of certain examinations”. It decided to re-conduct Class X Maths and Class XII Economics papers to “uphold sanctity of the board and in the interest of fairness to the students.”
“Dates for fresh examinations and other details shall be hosted on the CBSE website within a week,” read the exam notice.
Delhi protests decision
Protests are on at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar against the CBSE’s decision to conduct the exams again.
CBSE orders re-exam due to paper leak: Students protest, say it's their worst nightmare come true
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Mar 29, 2018, 13:32 IST
NEW DELHI: Students across the country are terribly upset with the news that the CBSE has ordered the re-examination of the Class XII economics and Class X maths papers after both papers were leaked ahead of the exams.
Across cities -- from Bengaluru, Goa, Guwahati, Chennai and Kolkata to Bhopal and Patna, among others, students are furious they will have to take the exams once again even though the leak was limited to the Delhi region.
On Thursday, parents and students in several cities protested against the CBSE’s decision. Online petition have already started doing the rounds on social media vociferously slamming the board’s decision.
The board’s statement on Wednesday said the board had taken cognisance of “certain happenings in the conduct of certain examinations”. It decided to re-conduct Class X Maths and Class XII Economics papers to “uphold sanctity of the board and in the interest of fairness to the students.”
“Dates for fresh examinations and other details shall be hosted on the CBSE website within a week,” read the exam notice.
Delhi protests decision
Protests are on at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar against the CBSE’s decision to conduct the exams again.
