WB Board Exam: Class 10 Question Paper Images Circulated On Social Media In Third Consecutive Exam

In Bengal, the circulation of class 10 question paper images on social media has become a recurring issue, extending into the third consecutive exam.

Kolkata: After Bengali and English, alleged images of History question papers surfaced on social media during the third day of the class 10 board examinations in West Bengal on Monday, news agency PTI quoted a senior education official as saying. Three candidates were disqualified from the entire examinations after they were discovered taking photographs of the question papers using mobile phones, which they discreetly brought into the center and circulating the images on WhatsApp shortly after the commencement of the examination, the official said.

The three candidates, hailing from two schools in the Malda district, attempted to obscure the unique and distinct QR code discreetly embossed on each sheet of the question paper. However, their efforts did not evade detection, he said.

An estimated 9,23,045 candidates wrote their papers at 2,675 centres across the state during the day.

On the previous two days of the class 10 board examinations, which began on February 2, a total of 14 candidates were similarly penalised, 12 for circulating English papers on February 3 and two for forwarding Bengali papers through social media on February 2, the official of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education said.

This brings the total number of disqualified candidates from the class 10 board examinations this year to 17, with 16 originating from Malda district and one from Jalpaiguri district.

Previously, Board president Ramanuj Ganguly had expressed apprehension about the trend and alleged that "some individuals were exploiting children to tarnish the state government's image and disrupt the examination process."

He urged "those behind such acts" to reconsider their actions, emphasising the potential damage to the candidates' future.

During a press conference, BJP leader Shankudeb Panda accused the TMC government of reducing the entire secondary examination system to a farce and held it responsible for "question paper leaks" during consecutive examinations.

He urged central agencies to launch an investigation into the manner in which examinations are being conducted in the state. He also emphasized that rather than penalizing the candidates, the Board should take action against officials overseeing the examinations at the centers where the incidents were reported.

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