New Delhi: Nine hours before the Class 10 math exam, the education board CBSE received a copy of the handwritten question paper by email. The Education Secretary explained today why the exam was not scrapped straight away.
The e-mail had 12 attachments with handwritten question papers. The sender claimed that the math paper was leaked on WhatsApp and urged the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) to cancel the paper.
The math exam began at 10 am and "could not practically be stopped", said Mr Swarup. "Putting the children at an inconvenience at some fellow's message who might be playing a trick...we could not have done that."
The police have written to Google for help to track down the whistleblower through their gmail ID.
The board received an anonymous fax on March 23, which alerted it to the possibility that the paper for the Class 12 Economics exam three days later may have been leaked. The fax, which was from an unknown source, alleged that a coaching centre and two schools were involved in leaking the exam paper.
The police contacted the coaching centre's owner, a man named Vicky. But he was let off in absence of any solid proof.
On Tuesday, a day before the Class 10 math exam, the CBSE was well aware that the Class 12 Economics paper had been leaked.
The e-mail had 12 attachments with handwritten question papers. The sender claimed that the math paper was leaked on WhatsApp and urged the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) to cancel the paper.
The math exam began at 10 am and "could not practically be stopped", said Mr Swarup. "Putting the children at an inconvenience at some fellow's message who might be playing a trick...we could not have done that."
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The police have written to Google for help to track down the whistleblower through their gmail ID.
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The board received an anonymous fax on March 23, which alerted it to the possibility that the paper for the Class 12 Economics exam three days later may have been leaked. The fax, which was from an unknown source, alleged that a coaching centre and two schools were involved in leaking the exam paper.
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The police contacted the coaching centre's owner, a man named Vicky. But he was let off in absence of any solid proof.
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On Tuesday, a day before the Class 10 math exam, the CBSE was well aware that the Class 12 Economics paper had been leaked.
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