After Physics, Plus II Chem paper leaked

Bhubaneswar: It seems there is no respite for the Plus Two examinees as safety of the question papers has again been compromised. After cancellation of the Physics exam yesterday, the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) authorities were forced to cancel the Chemistry test too on Friday as the latter paper met a similar fate like the Physics.

Meanwhile, Higher Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra declared that Friday’s cancelled paper has been rescheduled for March 30.

Patra has also asked the director of Higher Education to carry out an internal probe into the question paper leak case.

On Thursday, the Council authorities cancelled the Physics exam as the question paper was published in a vernacular daily before commencement of the exam. However it’s not yet clear how the Chemistry question paper got leaked.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ordered a Crime Branch probe into the Physics question paper leak case after the issue rocked the Assembly yesterday. Congress leader Prasad Harichandan too raised question on a full-proof examination system.

Despite elaborate security system arranged by the Government, the back to back leakage of question papers have brought headache for the students. Similar type of incident happening in two consecutive days is said to be first in the history of CHSE.

CHSE this year had arranged unprecedented security for the month long test by asking exam centre authorities to keep the papers in iron safes. District administrations and police were directly involved the conduct of the examination for the first time.

Meanwhile, a four-member team of Crime Branch led by DSP SK Patnaik reached the CHSE office for inquiry into Physics paper leak case.