Next hearing is on April 26. Gujarat HC had asked panel to decide whether some questions in HSC maths paper were incorrect.
A three-member experts committee, formed to go into a complaint of incorrect questions worth 12 marks being set in maths paper of HSC (science stream) exam held on March 12, has submitted its report before the Gujarat HC.
The bench of acting chief justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and justice JB Pardiwala gave a copy of the report to the lawyers of the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) and the petitioner Dhiru Patel, a private maths teacher.
The court asked both parties to submit their opinion on the report and posted the matter for further hearing on April 26. The bench had constituted an experts committee comprising former head of department of mathematics, Gujarat University, Dr AM Vaidya; and two other experts, Dr MH Vasavada and Dr JC Sharma. The bench had asked the experts to decide whether the questions asked in the maths paper were incorrect or not.
“We have received the report’s copy. The committee also addressed the issue of the paper being lengthy. The panel came to conclusion that guidelines for setting question papers are not mandatory,” said Arun Oza, counsel for GSHSEB. The counsel had also filed an affidavit on the issue stating that apart from owners of tuition classes, no one -neither students nor the parents - had complained about the questions being incorrect.
“Owners of tuition classes have no right to raise such issues. The papers have been checked and work of data entry is on. Such objections may hamper the process of preparation of results,” he stated.
The matter came to light when Dhiru Patel filed a PIL in the HC alleging that maths question paper set for the board exam was full of mistakes.
“We had filed the petition as questions worth 12 marks were incorrect. Moreover, the paper setter had not followed the guidelines. Hence questions worth 44 marks had become lengthy,” said Digant Popat, counsel for Patel. He further said that the court had sought from them and the GSHSEB the names of three University-level teachers for the experts committee.
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