Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Chairperson Anita Karwal on Thursday said that the board’s decision of reconducting the examination where the papers were leaked is in favour of the students.
“We have taken the decision in favour of the students. It is in favour of what is fair. Very soon we will tell them the dates (of rescheduled exams), please don’t worry,” Karwal told reporters here before leaving in her car.
The CBSE had announced reconduct of exams on Wednesday following the leak of two papers of Math and Economics for class 10 and class 12 respectively. The dates for the exams have not yet been announced.
Earlier on Wednesday, Delhi Police set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of its Crime Branch to probe the alleged leak of CBSE’s Class 10 and 12 examination papers.
“The SIT is headed by Joint Commissioner Alok Kumar. It will also have DCP and ACP rank officers conducting the probe,” Special Commissioner of Police R.P. Upadhyay said.
The SIT was formed after the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) registered two cases with the Crime Branch.
The first case was registered on Tuesday evening about Class 12 economics question paper leak and the second related to the leak of Class 10 maths paper was filed on Wednesday.
The examination for Class 12 economics paper was held on March 26 and the exam for Class 10 maths was conducted on Wednesday, hours before the CBSE announced its decision to re-conduct the two examinations.
The new dates for the examinations and other details will be announced on the CBSE website within a week.
(With Inputs from Agencies)