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New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday decided to re-conduct examination of Maths and Economics papers for Class X and Class XII respectively following leakage of question papers.
"With a view to uphold the sanctity of Board Examinations and in the interest of fairness to the students, the Board has decided to re-conduct the examination," said a CBSE statement.
Dr. Subhash B.Nair, Convener of Indian School Principals’ Forum and Principal of Shantiniketan Indian School, said that the dates for the fresh examinations and other details will be hosted on the CBSE website within a week.
He further added that this would also affect the admissions to the Class XI, the classes to which were supposed to commence in the coming month. The new classes will commence only after the re-examinations is done, since the students need to prepare themselves for the paper all over again.
The CBSE Class XII Economics examination was held on Monday and the Class X Maths examination on Wednesday.
Students who had plans to travel back home to India for further education will now have to replan their schedule.
On Monday, when some teachers of private schools found the questionnaire of Class XII Economics paper to be same as a handwritten note which was being circulated over messaging service app over the past few days.
