Special Deputy Secretary for north Bengal, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, Pradip Biswas on Thursday said that the headmaster of the Subhas Nagar High School in Mainaguri in Jalpaiguri will appear in the board’s Kolkata on Friday as summoned.
The headmaster, Haridayal Roy, however, refuted the allegations and said that they were meant to tarnish the image of his school.
Mr Roy has been accused of helping a student cheat in the Madhyamik examinations in the school.
The incident came to light after two assistant teachers filed a complaint with the sub-inspector (SI) of schools, Maynaguri Block, Biswanath Bhowmik, alleging that the headmaster adopted unfair means in the exams that just concluded.
The teachers said that the principal opened a sealed question paper packet a day ahead of the scheduled examination and got the questions answered by the subject teacher and handed it over to the first boy of his school.
“He was asked to appear here on Thursday, but he could not make it owing to certain circumstances. He has been summoned to the headquarters of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) for a hearing on Friday. Further action will be taken after that. If found guilty, he will be prosecuted,” Mr Biswas said, adding that investigations into the allegations have already begun.
Headmaster Roy, meanwhile, said the entire thing is a conspiracy hatched to tarnish the image the name of the school.
“The allegations are baseless,” he said. It may be recalled that the SI, Mr Bhowmik, had visited the school in question on the day the Mathematics paper was being written on Monday and found that the question paper packet had been opened one hour 40 minutes before the scheduled time (11.15 AM).
Earlier, WBBSE president, Kalyanmoy Ganguly, had said that it was a “grave professional misconduct,” and that it would be enquired into, and exemplary punishment handed over to the accused if found guilty.