CBSE cancels Class 12 Economics & Class X Maths papers, orders re-exam

Amid complaints that Class 12 Economics paper was leaked, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has cancelled the exam and decided to hold the re-exam for which the date will be announced within a week, said the board. Even the Class 10 mathematics paper, which was described tough by many students, stands cancelled and a re-exam will be held but the board did not give any specific reason for this.

This is the second time that the CBSE has admitted that its question paper for Class 12 was leaked, after the leak of physics paper in the north-east in 2014. Despite clear evidence, the board refused to re-hold the exam. But this time, confronted with WhatsApp everywhere, it has agreed to hold the exam again.

"With the view to uphold the sanctity of the Board Examinations and in the interest of the fairness to the students, the Board (CBSE) has decided to reconduct the examinations in the following subjects. Dates for fresh examinations and the other details shall be hosted on the CBSE website within a week," the board said on its website.

Class 12 Economics paper was conducted on Tuesday, March 26, 2018 but soon reports appeared that a hand written question paper had been leaked on WhatsApp a day before the exam. When some teachers found the question paper with the same questions, they were stunned and alerted the Board.

Earlier, Delhi government’s Depty CM Manish Sisodia too raised complaints on the purported leakage of Accountancy paper of Class 12 exam but CBSE denied the paper leak. "There has been no leakage of the question paper. All the seals have been found intact at all the exam centres," the Board said. It said later that "at local level, some miscreants tried to play mischief by circulating messages through WhatsApp and other social media to disturb the sanctity of examinations."