The students who were found with images of the paper would be interrogated by a committee of the board, says Borse
A day after the class 10th History paper leaked an hour before the exam in a Kalyan centre, students who were found with the copies of the question papers on their phones are likely to face action from the board soon.
Subhash Borse, incharge secretary of the Mumbai divisional board said, "We are waiting for the police report in order to decide what is to be done in the case. However, the students who were found with images of the paper would be interrogated by a committee of the board. If found guilty, we would bar them from writing their exams upto 3 years depending on the severity of their offence."
Borse said that after the leak came to light, the board has asked all its officials to take special precautions. "We have told our custodians to ensure that nothing goes wrong and no paper comes out before the exam," he added.
On Monday, at around 9.30 am, officials at Kalyan's Sacred Heart High School received a tip-off that some of the students had been told that they would get the question papers on their phones an hour before the exam by a few class owners in Ulhasnagar. After the school officials checked the students' phones at 10 am, an hour before the exam, two students were found with a copy of the History paper. The Titwala Police recorded the statement of the school staff for over seven hours following which a teacher at the school fainted and had to be hospitalised on Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, members of the Maharashtra Class Owners Association (MCOA) demanded a detailed enquiry of the school and the board staff in the issue. "Class owners have, on several occasions, played whistle blowers in many leaks and alerted the boards. The real issue is how these people got hold of the papers. For this, school and the board officials should be questioned as much as the class teachers," said Sachin Karnavat, President, MCOA.
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