Thursday morning turned out to be a disturbing one for the students when class 12 accountancy paper of CBSE was making rounds on Whatsapp before the beginning of the examination.
According to the reports, the paper was leaked on various social media platforms in in Rohini area of New Delhi.
The leaked paper basically includes questions from set-II papers of the Accountancy subject.
On this Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia tweeted, “Received complaints about the Class 12 CBSE Accountancy paper being leaked. Have asked officers of Directorate of Education to investigate and lodge a complaint with CBSE. Swift action must be taken, so that hard-working students don’t suffer due to negligence of CBSE.”
Received complaints about the Class 12 CBSE Accountancy paper being leaked. Have asked officers of Directorate of Education to investigate and lodge a complaint with CBSE.
Swift action must be taken, so that hard-working students don't suffer due to negligence of CBSE.— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) March 15, 2018
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Denying any leak of question paper, CBSE said, “All the seals have been found intact at all the centres.”
Further, stating that, there are some people who are trying to create disruption by spreading the rumours of paper leak, the Board said, “During the process of examination, however, at local level, some miscreants have tried to play mischief by circulating messages through WhatsApp and social media to disturb the sanctity of the examinations.”
After the incident, a meeting was conducted by the top officials to know the reason behind the leak of the examination paper.
While this is not the first time this has happened with the Board, earlier a lawyer had complained to CBSE when answer sheets of Class XII chemistry examination were sent through Delhi metro.
Meanwhile, the Board claimed the examination papers are usually kept under great security. A source said, “It is impossible for a student to leak a board paper without being in connivance with some insider as Board papers are kept with utmost security and top officials and teachers are only aware of it.”
A day before the examination, the Board had issued an alert on March 4, 2018, to alert the students against Frivolous Mails / Messages /WhatsApp Texts.
After the news, people and students from all over the country are protesting on social media platforms over the Board’s negligence.
