Question
paper scandal rocks the state
Sandesh Prabhudesai
11 April 2003
One teacher was arrested and another one was detained in
a SSC examination question paper scandal that rocked the state.
Interestingly, two question papers of Maths and Geography
that were actually leaked last year became the cause of the
scandal this year.
Making it an issue, the opposition Congress raised a pandemonium
in the House here while the ruling BJP government assured
to make a detailed statement on Monday in this regard.
"It is not a large scale paper leakage but an intelligent
job of a student, who leaked the papers in a most unprofessional
manner", stated chief minister Manohar Parrikar.
The crime branch of Goa police has already swung into action,
identifying students who bought the question papers at Rs
1500 each while also interrogating the teachers responsible
for the leakage.
The police have already arrested Ravindra Patil, a teacher
belonging to the Mata Secondary School of Vasco, after completing
probe into the Maths paper. The second teacher is suspected
to have been involved in leaking out the Geography paper.
The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Examination
has also set up a sub-committee to probe into the issue by
Monday. Parrikar plans to make a detailed statement in the
House, based on findings of the police as well as the sub-committee.
According to the police, two teachers of Maths and Geography
had actually leaked the full set of five question papers last
years. While three of these papers were considered for last
year's examination, another one was taken up at the October
examination, leaving the last one for this year's examination.
"The student who obtained the last remaining question
paper was intelligent enough to misuse the faulty paper-setting
system that is being followed for the SSC examination",
feels Parrikar.
Though he has ruled out the possibility of cancelling examinations
of these two subjects, the Board does not rule out the possibility
of re-examination. Since the police suspect involvement of
not more than 25 students, Parrikar agrees with the opposition
parties that the whole student community need not be punished
by going for re-examination.
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