Letter by CBSE on boards paper leak and re examinations

CBSE has issued the following notification relating to the paper leak issues and importance of conducting re-examinations. Read the notification/ letter to students and parents below:

On  30th  March 2018,  the Board  issued  a Notification  stating  that  the  re-examination  for  Maths  class  X would be conducted in the State of Delhi NCR and Haryana, if considered necessary after inquiry  Internal inquiries and analysis based on available material and inputs from the ongoing police investigations are indicating that the alleged leak may be confined to a few alleged beneficiaries.   Similarly, the trend of random evaluation done so far for class X Mathematics paper, is not indicating  sudden  spikes or unusual  patterns,  giving  any impression  of passing  on widespread  benefits  of alleged leaks to students. Further, the Board has come across several fake question papers being  put up on social media, obviously with a view to spread panic amongst our students, parents and schools.

Meanwhile, Board is constantly receiving representations from stakeholders indicating anxiety amongst children of class X due to the uncertainty surrounding the Maths examination.  Also, we have received over 1000 calls on our Counselling Helpline Desk enquiring about whether the re-examination will be held and requesting for announcing the dates for the reconduct of Maths Class X examination.

Class  X examination  is essentially  a gateway  for  class  XI, it thus,  remains  largely  an internal  segment  of school education system. It is therefore felt that the Board must address the primary concern of a large section of the students Keeping in mind the paramount  interest of students, the Board has taken the considered  decision to not hold the re­ examination of Class X Maths paper even in Delhi NCR and Haryana. Therefore, the class X Maths re-examinations will not be held anywhere in the country. However,  wherever it is conclusively  established,  after due enquiry in specific cases, that undue advantage of the alleged leakage has been taken by certain beneficiaries, action shall be taken as per the provisions of CBSE Examination Bye Laws

On the other hand, Class XII exams are a gateway to higher education and various professional competitive exams which have limited seats. In the present scenario, the  admitting  institutions  of higher  education  are likely  to have reservations against this batch of students regarding Economics results, not only in India but also in foreign institutions. Therefore, giving undue advantage to a handful of beneficiaries of the alleged leak would not be in the larger academic interest of these students, and neither does it uphold principles of education or the sanctity of the Board exams. Hence, it is also stated that the Board's decision to reconduct the examination of Class XII Economics Paper (Code 030) on 25^th April, 2018, for all candidates, except for CBSE students of schools located outside India, remains unchanged.