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Bihar: Probe ordered against 'dubious' toppers of Class 12 exams

PATNA: Stung by the media expose of "dubious" toppers of class 12th examination conducted by Bihar board, state Education Minister Ashok Choudhary has said a high level probe has been ordered to re-check merit of the toppers. The probe would be conducted in all the three streams - Humanities, Science and Commerce--and merit of examiners who awarded the marks would also be checked, he told PTI. ALSO READ: Rahul Gandhi to be appointed Congress President this month? Video of a girl who topped the state government's +2 examination in Humanities pronouncing Political Science as 'Prodigal Science' and describing it as a subject related to cooking, while that of a boy who topped in Science but was unaware of electron and proton, exposed the results of the exam conducted by Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) this year. Both toppers hail from Bishun Rai college in Bhagwanpur in Vaishali district. The institution had courted controversy last year as well when the then Education Minister P K Shahi had ordered withholding its results following complaints of large-scale irregularities. "Five merit holders of all the three streams of Science, Arts and Commerce will be re-examined by an expert team to know the truth of the excellent marks awarded to them by examiners," Choudhary said. The state Education minister sounded perturbed over "lapse" shown by the board in publication of results. The incident has once again shown the state in a poor light after a photograph of parents and well wishers scaling a school building in Vaishali district last year during matriculation exam to supply chits to examinees went viral. ALSO READ:  Dabholkar murder probe: CBI raids right-wing activists in Pune, Raigad "I admit lapse on the part of the state examination board despite all efforts of the government to conduct a cheating-free examination," the minister said. "After a lot of hard work the state government had conducted cheating-free examination this time to erase its bad image due to copying in matriculation exam last year ... But the expose of toppers has once again tarnished the government's image. "We will dismiss officials found guilty in committing this irregularity," the minister said. As per the media reports, Humanities topper Ruby Rai when asked by some TV channels about subjects she had opted for pronounced Political Science as "Prodigal Science". To queries as to what was taught in this subject, she answered it was about cooking. Rai has scored 444 marks out of a total of 500. The reports said she was not even aware of the total marks of all subjects in the board examination which she said was 600 instead of 500. Likewise, Science topper Saurabh Kumar of the same college while speaking on TV expressed his ignorance about electron and proton.
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