Relief for Class 10 students: no retest of Maths exam

New Delhi, Apr 4: In a major relief to beleaguered Class 10 students, the Central Board for Secondary
Education (CBSE) on Tuesday announced that it has decided not to conduct re-exam of Class 10th Maths
examination in Delhi NCR and Haryana.
‘The CBSE has taken the considered decision not to hold re-examination of Class-10 maths paper
even in Delhi-NCR and Haryana. Therefore the Class 10 math re-examination will not be held anywhere
in the country,’ CBSE said in a release.
This, it said, was done keeping in mind the paramount interest of students, even in Delhi NCR and Haryana, adding wherever it was conclusively established, after due enquiry in specific cases, that undue advantage of the alleged leakage had been taken by beneficiaries, ‘action shall be taken as per the provisions of CBSE
Examination Bye Laws.’
There are roughly 14 lakh students who had appeared for Class 10 maths examination.
Though CBSE has announced re-test of Class 12 Economic paper on April 25, it had not declared a date for Class 10 students as it was waiting to assess the impact of the alleged leak.
The Human Resource Development Ministry had said a final decision on the conducting re-exams for Delhi-NCR and Haryana would be taken in the next 15 days following a detailed inquiry.
Earlier on March 30, CBSE issued a notification stating that re-examination of Class 10 would be conducted in Delhi-NCR and Haryana if considered necessary after an inquiry.
Referring to incessant representation from stakeholders indicating anxiety among Class X due to the
uncertainty surrounding the Maths exam, the Board mentioned that more than 1,000 calls had been
received on its Counselling Helpline Desk enquiring about whether the re-examination would be held
and requesting for announcing the dates for the reconduct of the exam.
The Board said internal inquiries and analysis based on available material and inputs from the ongoing police investigations indicated that the leak ‘may be confined to a few alleged beneficiaries’. Similarly, the
trend of random evaluation done so far for Class 10 Maths paper did not indicate sudden spikes or unusual patterns, giving any impression of passing on widespread benefits of alleged leaks to students, it said.
It claimed that the board had come across several fake question papers being put up on social media ‘with a view to spread panic among our students, parents and schools’.