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No CBSE re-exam for Class 10 Maths, says Govt

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The question paper was leaked for Class 10 but never did it cause such a furore as is this time. The government has finally announced on Tuesday that the re-exam will not be conducted for Class 10 maths paper despite an alleged leak of the question paper.

However, for Class 12 Economics paper, the re-test will be held on April 25, 2018 as announced earlier.

"Consequent to the preliminary evaluation of the impact of reportedly leaked CBSE Class 10 maths paper and keeping in mind the paramount interest of students, the CBSE has decided not to conduct re-examination even in Delhi, NCR and Haryana. Hence, no re-exam for Class 10," Human Resource Development Ministry Secretary Anil Swarup tweeted.

The government had earlier said that it might re-conduct the maths exam sometime in July for Delhi, NCR and Haryana but pending the outcome of the preliminary report. Though the report was positive about the leak, the impact was not felt beyond the NCR and hence, the HR ministry has stepped in to drop the idea on behalf of the CBSE.

Ironic but for the first time, the HRD ministry has directly taken the issue into its hands and decided, reminding the CBSE of its curtailed powers to hold or cancel exams at national level. CBSE is the pivotal organisation to hold the country-wide JEE Mains which decides the basic standards for those seeking admission into medical and engineering colleges. Currently, it is busy with JEE Mains 2018 exam as it cannot afford another leak at the national level.

The decision has more to do with the protests by parents who had planned summer vacation abroad in Delhi and the elite-centric Delhi persuaded the ministry to dilute its stance on re-holding the test for leaked mathematics paper. Since this serves as precedent, there is no guarantee that CBSE question paper will not be leaked in the future. It happened for Class 12 in 2014 and again in 2018.

Further, there is no guarantee that even for a legibly leaked question paper, there will be a re-test as it can be waived off in the public interest. Now that the whistle-blower is also held for questioning, it remains to be seen what would be the final outcome.

CBSE to hold re-exam on April 25 for Class 12 Economics, Class X Undecided

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Battered CBSE has announced a re-test for Class 12 Economics paper on April 25 throughout the country. It has further clarified that the Class 10 Maths paper re-test will be held, if required, in July, that too in Delhi, Haryana and NCR region and not all over the country, giving relief to many Class 10 students elsewhere in the country.

The ambiguity over Class X mathematics paper is due to the fact that the leak was confined to Delhi and Punjab, and once the enquiry is completed, the board will decide whether to hold the exam or not, said Anil Swarup, Secretary, School Education, in the Union Human Resource Development Ministry.

“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 told reporters.

Referring to the Class 12 economics paper, the re-test will be held on April 25 not not outside the country as the leak confined to India only, said the HRD official. He further clarified that there will be no delay in the publication of results in May as per the schedule.

Replying to protests and demands that the CBSE chief should be removed, he said only after the enquiry, the responsibility on people who are behind the paper leak. “Action will be taken against whoever is responsible. But you cannot pre-empt the inquiry. Without inquiry action will not be possible,” he said and added that there will be two levels of inquiry, one is the police inquiry and the other is a departmental inquiry.

It may be recalled that in 2014, Class 12 physics paper was leaked in one of the northeastern sates and the CBSE pleaded in the apex court that a re-test was not required since the leak was limited to a region and the online access was not visibly seen in other places.