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pti-PTI
With
two
tests
of
the
state
board-conducted
Class
10
exams
cancelled
within
a
week
following
leak
of
question
papers,
Assam
Education
Minister
Ranoj
Pegu
on
Friday
asserted
that
the
entire
examination
system
will
be
analysed
and
rectified.
Admitting
that
there
are
“lapses
in
the
system”,
he
said
the
Board
of
Secondary
Education,
Assam
(SEBA)
has
to
figure
out
where
the
problems
are
and
take
corrective
measures.
“We
have
to
rectify
it
together,”
Pegu
told
reporters
here.
Days
after
the
general
science
question
paper
leak
of
the
Class
10
state
board
exam,
the
Assamese
paper
also
got
leaked,
Chief
Minister
Himanta
Biswa
Sarma
had
said
on
Thursday
evening.
“All
the
Modern
Indian
Language
(MIL)
subject
papers,
including
English,
which
were
to
be
held
tomorrow,
have
been
cancelled
as
a
precautionary
step,
as
one
of
the
accused
revealed
about
leaking
the
Assamese
question
paper.
The
new
dates
will
be
announced
by
SEBA
today,”
Pegu
said.
Class
10
paper
leak
failure
of
govt:
Himanta
In
Karbi
Anglong,
West
Karbi
Anglong
and
Dima
Hasao
districts,
students
study
English
(in
lieu)
instead
of
MIL
Assamese.
In
addition
to
Assamese,
the
other
MIL
subjects
are
Bengali,
Bodo,
Hindi,
Manipuri,
Hmar,
Nepali,
Mizo,
Khasi,
Garo,
Karbi
and
Urdu
The
general
science
question
paper
of
the
Class
10
matriculation
exam
was
leaked
on
Sunday
night,
and
the
exam
scheduled
on
Monday
was
cancelled
thereafter.
According
to
a
SEBA
notification,
the
examination
for
the
subject
will
now
be
held
on
March
30.
The
CID
is
investigating
the
case
and
among
those
arrested
are
several
students.
A
school
headteacher,
who
has
also
been
apprehended,
is
suspected
to
be
the
mastermind.
Meanwhile,
reacting
to
the
latest
report
of
paper
leak,
opposition
Congress
said
the
episode
has
brought
the
entire
matric
examination
process
under
the
scanner.
“Not
only
Assamese,
every
paper
of
HSLC
exam
seems
to
be
under
scanner.
CM
@himantabiswa,
Education
Minister
@ranojpeguassam
must
be
ashamed
of
themselves,
take
responsibility
for
this
fiasco
&
resign.
Horrific
how
@BJP4Assam
Govt
can
play
with
the
lives
of
lakhs
of
students,”
the
party
said
on
Twitter.
Congress
MP
Pradyut
Bordoloi
also
hit
out
at
the
government,
claiming
that
such
problems
are
bound
to
happen
under
a
“bulldozer
regime”.
“Shameful
that
the
State
Government
has
been
unable
to
conduct
an
exam.
Education
and
other
crucial
aspects
of
development
are
bound
to
suffer
under
a
bulldozer
regime,”
he
tweeted.
TSPSC
cancels
the
AE
exam
after
question
paper
leak
“Is
it
truly
a
conspiracy
to
destroy
the
Assamese
vernacular
medium?”
said
Independent
legislator
Akhil
Gogoi.
Protests
were
staged
in
front
of
the
Luit
Khabalu
High
School
in
Majuli,
whose
headteacher
is
suspected
to
be
the
mastermind
in
the
case.
Locals
gathered
near
the
school
since
morning
and
raised
slogans.
Chief
Minister
Himanta
Biswa
Sarma
had
on
Thursday
conceded
in
the
assembly
that
the
general
science
question
paper
leak
was
a
“failure”
of
his
government.
“I
am
sad
to
inform
that
one
school’s
centre
in-charge
and
three
other
teachers
are
the
main
culprits.
“The
matric
paper
leak
should
not
have
happened.
It
shows
our
failure.
I
accept
my
failure,”
Sarma
told
the
House.
