In not a so good news for those lakhs of students who wrote their Karnataka pre university paper, it was once again leaked sending students in shock and grief as well as parents protesting for the same before board office and various examination centers.
Cracking the whip, Karnataka government on Thursday suspended 40 officers and other staff in the Pre-University Department after the Chemistry paper of Class XII was leaked for the second time in 10 days, leading to the cancellation of the exam.
As the issue rocked the Assembly, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Kimmane Ratnakar announced the government’s decision in the House, amidst protest by BJP members who demanded his resignation.
The re-examination will now be held on April 12, the minister said, as the second leak led to protests by angry parents and teachers in Bengaluru and elsewhere in the state.He said to oversee the conduct of the exam, a three-member observer’s team, comprising current Transport Commissioner Ramegowda, who earlier served as Pre-University Commissioner, would be constituted.
This was really shocking for students as well as parents that they were looking helpless and students were in tears and in no mood to go through any examination to be conducted for the leaked one.
Ratnakar said the DGP CID has been requested to conduct the speedy investigation into the leak of both March 21 exam and today’s re-examination question paper and find out the source behind it and punish those responsible.
The examination on March 21 was cancelled and re-examination scheduled for today after students alerted the authorities about the question paper leak. The Government had then ordered the CID investigation.
Cracking the whip, Karnataka government on Thursday suspended 40 officers and other staff in the Pre-University Department after the Chemistry paper of Class XII was leaked for the second time in 10 days, leading to the cancellation of the exam.
As the issue rocked the Assembly, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Kimmane Ratnakar announced the government’s decision in the House, amidst protest by BJP members who demanded his resignation.
The re-examination will now be held on April 12, the minister said, as the second leak led to protests by angry parents and teachers in Bengaluru and elsewhere in the state.He said to oversee the conduct of the exam, a three-member observer’s team, comprising current Transport Commissioner Ramegowda, who earlier served as Pre-University Commissioner, would be constituted.
This was really shocking for students as well as parents that they were looking helpless and students were in tears and in no mood to go through any examination to be conducted for the leaked one.
Ratnakar said the DGP CID has been requested to conduct the speedy investigation into the leak of both March 21 exam and today’s re-examination question paper and find out the source behind it and punish those responsible.
The examination on March 21 was cancelled and re-examination scheduled for today after students alerted the authorities about the question paper leak. The Government had then ordered the CID investigation.
