Retests of Board Exam: Students across India disappointed, retests unfair
After the CBSE declared that the Board exam will be re conducted, students and parents across the country were seen disappointed.
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) decided to re-conduct the Class 10 mathematics and Class 12 economics board examinations over reports that the question papers were leaked.
The board said the dates for the retests will be announced on its website within a week.
“The Board has taken cognizance of certain happenings in the conduct of certain examinations as are being reported. With the view to upholding the sanctity of the Board examinations and in the interest of the fairness to the students, the Board has decided to re-conduct the examinations in the subjects,” it said in a statement.
Deepika Ghosh, a Class 10 student of Green Valley Senior Secondary School in Bhopal, said the news was “really disappointing”.
“Those who leaked the papers should be dealt with severe punishment but unfortunately the students are being punished too for none of their faults,” Soham Rana, a Class 12 student from Mansarovar School in the same city, said.
“This is so unfair. Why are we being made to suffer for no fault of ours? The maths paper was easy and most of us did well. Now, we have no clue what the paper for the reconducted exam will be like,” Amlan Borthakur, a Class 10 student of Maharishi Vidya Mandir, said.
“It’s very unfortunate and very unfair. Just because of a few centres that reported some issue, it’s not fair to cancel the examinations which affect the students of small towns like Dehradun, Haridwar, and others.”
The board on Monday denied claims on social media that the economics paper was leaked ahead of the exam and being circulated on WhatsApp.
“What’s the use of holding a paper and getting lakhs of students across the country to appear for a paper, which was leaked before the exams began? Board exams are anyway very stressful so the board could have avoided this stress for students,” Deepshikha Srivastava, principal of Rajhans Vidyalaya in Andheri, said.
“I have been practising various mathematical problems for several days now and was finally relieved once the paper got over. Since our paper now stands cancelled and there will be a re-examination, all my hard work has gone waste,” Arunima Roy, a Class 10 student, said.
Many were worried about the level of difficulty they will face in the same paper for the second time.
“After stepping out of the examination hall, students were happy that their exams have finished. Now, they have to go through the same trauma again,” Gupta said.
“It’s good that we will get another chance to give the exam and perform better, but it also very disappointing to appear for the same paper again,” Jain said.
“I am shocked how the board gets away with by issuing a notification. Heads need to roll for this,” Dinesh Bali, a Mohali-based marketing executive whose daughter studies in a boarding school, said.
“The hostellers vacated the boarding school today after the exam,” he said, adding that his holiday to Kerala is now in limbo.
Kiranjeet Singh, a Class 10 student of Stepping Stone Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh, said he was heartbroken.
Students in Patna were anxious about the difficulty level of the questions in the re-test.
Nandini Sen, the principal of Kolkata’s Hariyana Vidya Mandir, said students should understand that such things can happen in life at times.
