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he Central Board • testing times The education
of Secondary system should be stress-free
Education (CBSE)
has been in the eye
T of the storm ever their knowledge. Scoring high
since the reports emerged grade has become a compul-
that the question papers of sory ritual for every student
Economics of class 12thand and they leave no stone
Mathematics of class 10th unturned to achieve it- some-
were leaked on March 26 and times through unfair means.
March 28 respectively. Mushrooming of coaching in-
A deluge of reactions on Examination conundrum stitutes in every corner of the
social media and electronic country is a testimony to the
media captured the attention and complacEncy of cBSE rat race students are forced to
of the entire nation as the jump in to fetch scores albeit
matter concerned the future knowledge and success. The
of over 20 lakh students. Stu- The mega-CBSE paper leaks indicated laxity on advertisements of institutes
dents and parents were found scream that they provide the
baffled and academicians the part of education board administration and best route to crack myriad
and policymakers were not an infiltration of coaching training shops in the examinations. The privately
able to give any reasons and owned and unregulated in-
remedies for the failure of the education system, writes Komal Gera stitutes charge an exorbitant
examination system. fee which many parents pay
The paper was alleg- from the CBSE showed Delhi Police Crime Branch through their nose.
edly leaked by the Economics that the authorities were sought a reply from Google The paper leaks have also
teacher Rakesh Kumar, DAV hardly prepared to deal with about an e-mail that was indicated the infiltration of
School, Una, with the help this challenge. The initial sent to the CBSE Chairperson these training shops in the
of Amit Sharma, a clerk and response, “the board has Anita Karwal in connection examination system of school
Ashok Kumar, a peon of the taken cognisance of certain with the paper leak case. The board and laxity on the part of
school, three days before happenings in the conduct of e-mail, which was sent to the board administration.
the paper was scheduled the certain examinations as CBSE Chairperson, had im- After 26 years of liber-
on March 26. Rakesh had are being reported. With the ages of handwritten question alisation of Indian economy
allegedly taken out a bundle view to upholding the sanctity papers attached to it. In the and its integration with the
of Economics paper from of the board exams and in backdrop of paper leak, the global markets, India still
the bank’s strong room on the interest of the fairness to Human Resource Develop- fails to afford to run a parallel
March 23, while taking out a the students, the board has ment (HRD) Ministry has education system to produce
bundle of computer science decided to reconduct the ex- constituted a seven-member non-employable prototypes.
paper that was due that day. A ams in the following subjects. committee to scrutinise the India spends $264 (Rs.17,515)
handwritten copy of eco- Dates for the fresh exams and board’s examination process. per student per year as com-
nomics paper was then sent other details shall be posted Examination is a necessary pared to $1,800 (Rs.1,19,421)
to as many as 40 WhatsApp on CBSE website in a week,” evil. It is crucial to assess the per student per year in China.
groups. sent shockwaves to the entire merit of a student at the cul- The World Bank report on its
The Special Investigating student community. There mination of a course but our worldwide survey of public
team of Delhi’s crime branch was an outrage at the national system has flaws. To gauge spending on education stated
arrested the three staff level. Students appearing for the academic learning of a that India spends a meagre
members of DAV School, Una, class 10 and class 12 examina- student on the basis of how 11% of public expenditure on
in connection with the CBSE tion joined by NSUI held pro- much he can reproduce in education as compared to
Class 12 paper leak. Senior Of- tests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, exactly the same words he has 20% by China. The students
ficial of Delhi Police informed Parliament Street. Students been taught or the prescribed need to look at the alterna-
that the Manager of Union in other parts of the country books in an allotted 2-3 hours tives because there are lacu-
Bank of India and Principal were also agitated. time is not fit for all. nae in the Indian education
of Navodya Vidyalaya, Una, After the widespread Many students are able to system. The education system
where Rakesh was the Su- protests and preliminary perform better in the practi- should be made contempo-
perintendent of CBSE Exam investigation, the re-exam cal sphere on the basis of their rary and stress-free.
would be questioned. for class 10 Maths paper was knowledge but are not able to
The imprudent response ruled out. give a written expression to letters@tehelka.com

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