10 principals, 1 teacher suspended over Class XI paper leak in Assam
Guwahati: In a move against
exam malpractices
, the
Assam education department
has suspended 10 principals and a teacher from govt-run schools over their alleged involvement in leaking Class XI question papers, including mathematics, which led to the cancellation of several exams recently.
The post-graduate teacher was from a higher secondary school in Goalpara district, who was the centre-in-charge for the HS first-year examination.
"We want teachers to maintain integrity and sanctity of exams. Any discrepancy, such as
question paper leakage
, will not be tolerated," Assam's director of secondary education, Mamata Hojai, who issued the suspension orders told TOI on Monday.
Following the leak of the mathematics paper, multiple examinations — except for economics — were cancelled in March. Reports indicate that question papers for education and geography were also leaked.
The Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB) had sent the question papers to schools. "As reported by ASSEB, the packets of many question papers, including that of mathematics, were opened ahead of the exam day by many schools, which disrupted integrity of the examination. The principals, who have been suspended, were centre in-charges, but failed to maintain sanctity of the exam," sources in education department.
Among those suspended are principal of Arya Vidyapeeth HS & MP School, Samsuddin Ahmed; principal of Lakhiganj HS School in Dhubri, Mainul Hoque Mondal; and principal in-charge of Rangia Girls HS School, Pradip Kumar Kalita.
Rohit Chandra Rabha, principal of Narengkati Higher Secondary School in Sonitpur; Lilamoni Borgohain, principal of Sri Sri Kamalabari Satra HS School in Jorhat; and Sandhya Bezbora, principal of PM Shri Kathiatali HS School in Nagaon were also suspended.
Four principals/principal-in-charges from Dhemaji district are: Kabita Chutia, principal in-charge of Bordoloni Senior Secondary School; Pradip Kumar Dutta, principal in-charge Dulimerh HS School; Chakraborty Borgohain of Dhemaji Girls' Senior Secondary School; and Gopiram Doley, principal of Pachim Jonai Senior Secondary School.
Himani Dutta, a post-graduate teacher of Baguan HS School in Goalpara, has also been suspended.
ASSEB has also withdrawn affiliation from 19 private senior secondary schools suspected of involvement in the leaks. "These institutions are barred from enrolling new students this year," ASSEB secretary Naranarayan Nath said.
"Bundles of either maths or some other subject question papers were found open before time while being stocked in the schools from where the school heads have been suspended."
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