Telangana Police Arrest Teacher For Leaking Class 10 Question Paper Amid TSPSC Row

The development comes at a time when the question paper leak of various exams conducted by the Telangana State Public Service Commission has triggered protests by opposition parties.

Telangana police arrested a teacher for leaking a Class 10 examination question paper at a government school in Vikarabad district on Monday. The question paper was leaked through WhatsApp by the teacher who was on duty as an invigilator at an exam centre at a government school in Tandur. Seven minutes after the exam began, the photo of the Telugu language question paper was circulating on WhatsApp.

The police and education department authorities launched an investigation after they learned about the leak of the question paper.

A case was registered against the science teacher and police took him into custody after receiving a complaint from the district education officer.

Police said the teacher allegedly took a picture of the exam paper and shared it on WhatsApp to assist one of his students. Police are examining if the question paper was circulated to more candidates.

The development comes at a time when the question paper leak of various exams conducted by the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) has rocked the state and triggered protests by opposition parties and various student union groups. 

Over 11 lakh students appeared for the Second School Certificate (SSC) exam in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Monday. The exam started at 9.30 a.m. and concluded at 12.30 p.m. Nearly 5 lakh students in Telangana and over 6 lakh students in Andhra Pradesh wrote the exam.

Earlier, the Telangana Board of Secondary School Education reduced the number of exam papers from eleven to six to reduce the burden on the students. A total of 4,94,620 students appeared for the examination in Telangana.

Students were allowed into the exam centres between 8.30 am to 9.30 am. Students are not allowed to carry any electronic devices into the exam centres. No one, including the chief superintendent of examinations, was allowed to carry mobile phones into the examination centres.