Question papers for school exams on sale, Rs 500 each
Sanjeev Singh Bariana
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh September 13
Believe it or not, government schoolchildren (Class VI -Class X) are spending at least Rs 500 per question paper expected during the September exams being conducted by the Education Department.
Poor secrecy: A copy of one of the leaked question papers
The Tribune is in possession of a set of 27 question papers for these classes sent to a particular school. The Education Department had, on an experimental basis, mailed the question papers to schools.These were downloaded and sold in the market. Each set has three question papers each.
There are reports of the paper being sold in Ferozepur, Fazilka, Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana and Gurdaspur. Amolak Singh, a Class VIII student of a government school in Hoshiapur, said: “ I paid Rs 1,000 for the mathematics, science, English and Hindi papers. I distributed copies of the papers among my friends who shared the cost. Now exams seem fun."
Talking to The Tribune, Anjali Bhawra, Principal Secretary, School Education, said: “It is unfortunate that question papers, expected to be in the safe custody of education providers, have been leaked."
The Education Secretary said these were not the final question papers and were only meant for "comprehensive evaluation of ongoing teaching. We might send another set of papers for Classes IX and X”.
A government schoolteacher in a Tarn Taran village said the September exams were important as their evaluation had an impact on the students' final marks. "Many teachers from nearby towns obtain copies of question papers and, hence, the papers are leaked from stationery shops.There have been reports of papers having been sold days before the examination," she explained.
A school principal said that earlier question papers, printed by the Education Department, only came a day prior to the examination. This helped maintain secrecy.
He said the schools should be allowed to conduct their exams as online papers were posing grave problems.
Sanjeev Singh Bariana
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh September 13
Believe it or not, government schoolchildren (Class VI -Class X) are spending at least Rs 500 per question paper expected during the September exams being conducted by the Education Department.
Poor secrecy: A copy of one of the leaked question papers
The Tribune is in possession of a set of 27 question papers for these classes sent to a particular school. The Education Department had, on an experimental basis, mailed the question papers to schools.These were downloaded and sold in the market. Each set has three question papers each.
There are reports of the paper being sold in Ferozepur, Fazilka, Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana and Gurdaspur. Amolak Singh, a Class VIII student of a government school in Hoshiapur, said: “ I paid Rs 1,000 for the mathematics, science, English and Hindi papers. I distributed copies of the papers among my friends who shared the cost. Now exams seem fun."
Talking to The Tribune, Anjali Bhawra, Principal Secretary, School Education, said: “It is unfortunate that question papers, expected to be in the safe custody of education providers, have been leaked."
The Education Secretary said these were not the final question papers and were only meant for "comprehensive evaluation of ongoing teaching. We might send another set of papers for Classes IX and X”.
A government schoolteacher in a Tarn Taran village said the September exams were important as their evaluation had an impact on the students' final marks. "Many teachers from nearby towns obtain copies of question papers and, hence, the papers are leaked from stationery shops.There have been reports of papers having been sold days before the examination," she explained.
A school principal said that earlier question papers, printed by the Education Department, only came a day prior to the examination. This helped maintain secrecy.
He said the schools should be allowed to conduct their exams as online papers were posing grave problems.
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