Assam: All Class 11 state board exams cancelled after paper leak
Guwahati, All examinations of Class 11 of the Assam state board from March 24 to 29, comprising 36 topics, have been cancelled following stories of a number of paper leaks at totally different locations, Schooling Minister Ranoj Pegu stated.
Earlier, the Greater Secondary first 12 months Arithmetic paper, scheduled on March 21, of the Assam State College Schooling Board was leaked, forcing the authorities to cancel the examinations and lodge a police grievance.
The Greater Secondary first 12 months or Class 11 examinations started on March 6 and have been scheduled to proceed until March 29.
“As a consequence of stories of query paper leak and breach of protocol, the remaining topics of HS First 12 months Examination 2025 stand cancelled,” Pegu stated in a submit on X.
Sharing the official order by ASSEB, he stated additional motion concerning the brand new schedule of the examinations can be determined within the board assembly on Monday.
In one other submit, the minister stated the Arithmetic paper was leaked after 18 faculties, together with three authorities institutes, throughout the state broke the safety seal a day earlier than the scheduled examination.
“Assam State College Schooling Board has suspended the affiliation of 15 non-public faculties throughout 10 districts for breaking the seal of Class 11 Arithmetic query papers earlier than the scheduled time, resulting in a leak.
“The state authorities will even take motion in opposition to three different faculties for violating the principles in an identical method,” he added.
Police complaints can be lodged and these faculties have been barred from admitting Class 11 college students for the 2025-26 tutorial 12 months, Pegu stated.
Based on the ASSEB order issued by Controller of Examinations Ranjan Kumar Das, all inspectors of faculties and principals of lead faculties had obtained again the sealed packets of Arithmetic query paper following its cancellation.
“…from their stories it’s seen that a number of the establishments had opened the sealed packets of query paper on 20/03/2025, whereas the examination was scheduled to be held within the second session of 21/03/2025.
“…it’s presumed that leakage of query papers in the remainder of the examination can’t be dominated out, as all of the query papers of remaining topics are within the custody of every establishment of Assam the place examination is being held,” it added.
Subsequently, all of the remaining topics of HS First 12 months examination from March 24 to March 29 have been cancelled, Das stated within the order.
Das instructed PTI that an FIR has been lodged at CID Headquarters in Guwahati, whereas 18 different instances can be filed at respective police stations in opposition to the academic establishments.
“Out of the 18 centres, we imagine that not all have leaked the papers. In all probability just one or two centres leaked the papers and people went viral on social media. The culprits can be discovered after an in depth probe by the police,” he added.
Final week, the Class 9 English annual examination in Assam’s Barpeta district was cancelled after the query paper leaked on social media.
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