A purported picture of an English question paper appeared on social media on the second day of the West Bengal Board’s Class 10 examinations on Tuesday, about an hour before the commencement of the examination for the subject.
A purported picture of an English question paper appeared on social media on the second day of the West Bengal Board’s Class 10 examinations on Tuesday, about an hour before the commencement of the examination for the subject.
The incident comes amid a temporary suspension of internet services in some areas of the state to prevent cheating in the ‘secondary’ examination. The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE), which conducted the examination, denied the question paper was leaked, saying that the paper circulated on social media was fake as it has no relation with the original paper.
WBBSE President K. Ganguli told PTI that the picture circulated was fake. This is nothing but an act of mischief. The question paper was not leaked. The exam was conducted peacefully, – he said.
More than an hour before the commencement of the exam, around 10.30 pm, a purported image of questions from a second language English paper appeared in some WhatsApp groups of parents.
The state administration has banned internet services in select areas of the state on March 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 from 11 am to 3:15 pm – Class 10 board timings and dates Test. The move was taken after some examination centres in Malda and Murshidabad districts allegedly leaked question papers of secondary examinations in 2019 and 2020 on social media platforms. Last year the exam could not be conducted due to the spurt in corona cases. We are conducting offline exams after one year break. Last year students could not sit for the exam. We will not allow any attempt to disrupt the process.
Feedback from students, teachers, West Bengal Secondary Examination 2022 after two years:
Over 11 lakh (11,18,821) students appeared for the West Bengal Board (WBBSE) Secondary, Class 10 examinations on Monday, March 7. The secondary exams in the state were held after two years, as the last two sessions in 2021 and 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Students who took Bengali as their first language paper on the first day analyzed the paper as easy and scored. Sam Poorna Mitra, a student of Bara-sat Girls High School said, the paper was very easy and scoring. There were a few questions in the Grammar section which seemed a bit difficult, otherwise, the rest of the paper was easy to solve. Sam Poorna was expected to score around 80 percent in her first language paper.
The secondary examination is being conducted in the afternoon shift from 12 to 3 pm. The students will appear for their second language paper on March 8, class 10 exam will conclude on March 16 with the optional paper.
The Madhyamik exam was conducted in the state with strict CORONA-19 guidelines. According to a student, Sayantan Ghosh- I did not face any kind of problem in the examination centre. The CORONA-19 guidelines were well maintained, and no problem was faced in compliance with the CORONA-19 SOPs.
Enrolment increase:
There has been an increase in the enrolment of students in the secondary examination this year. More than 6 lakh (6,21,932) female and about 5 lakh (4,96,891) male students registered for the secondary examination this year.
