Re-exam dates by Mon or Tue: Javadekar

The CBSE is expected to announce on Monday or Tuesday the next date of re-examination for Class 10 mathematics and Class 12 economics subjects, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday, in the wake of paper leaks.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), in a circular on Wednesday, had said that students would have take the retest for the two subjects.

“The CBSE will declare what will be the next step in couple of days, probably on Monday or Tuesday,” Javadekar told reporters here.

The minister termed the CBSE examination paper leak issue “unfortunate” and said culprits would not go scot-free.

“We will not let any culprit go scot-free. The police is on the job and I am very sure, they will nab the culprits as they have done in case of the SSC exam leak case. We have also instituted an internal inquiry,” he said.

Javadekar said he could “understand the pain, anguish and frustrations” of students and parents because “we are one with them”.

The CBSE has earned a name for “conducting good examination” and was therefore, assigned the task of conducting medical entrance examination by the Supreme Court, he said.

Javadekar said being a sensible parent, he could not sleep last night. “We must make all efforts to ensure that this exam go really without any breach though culprits may be using newer ways and methods,” he said.

CBSE students protest over the alleged paper leak, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, on Thursday. The Central Board of Secondary Education has scrapped both Class 12 economics exam and Class 10 mathematics exam after the reports that students had been...