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The CBSE has informed that as many as 885 of the 1,085 students from a total of six schools in Odisha's Bargarh district were found to have indulged in malpractice in their Class 10 and 12 exams.
Because of this, CBSE has asked the students to reappear for the exams in the respective subjects.
It is worth mentioning that the CBSE has ensured strict measures for the exam centres where instances of malpractices were reported.
What CBSE Says:
As per the CBSE, out of the 885 students set to reappear for the exam, 579 are Class 10 students while 306 are from Class 12. While Class 10 students used unfair means in Odia and English exams, Class 12 students used unfair means in almost all subjects.
According to The Times of India, the malpractices were found in Class 10 and 12 exams conducted at two exam centres in Padampur sub-division of Bargarh district in February.
Following the instances of malpractice, CBSE recommended disaffiliation of the two exam centres in the sub-division-- P.S. Padampur Public School and Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, Bandupala Vidyalaya in Bandupala.
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Besides, the CBSE has debarred the principals and the teachers involved in malpractices at the exam centres.
The students found involved in malpractice in upto two subjects will appear for the supplementary exams on July 15, while those involved in more than two subjects will appear for the exam next year.
Earlier, a protest erupted in the district due to delay in official communication related to the malpractice issue as anxious parents and students staged dharna outside the Sub-Collector’s office in Padampur, demanding immediate release of the results.
