Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 31: Describing the decision of CBSE to hold re-exam of class 12th Economics paper all over the country as ‘unjustified’ and ‘ill conceived’, NPP chairman and former Education Minister Harsh Dev Singh today called for a review of the decision in view of lakhs of students being affected by the reckless move ordered even prior to the outcome of probe.
Talking to media persons here today, Singh said that if the Govt and CBSE were contemplating to hold retest of class-X Math paper only in Delhi and Haryana, then what was the rationale in subjecting all Economics students of the entire country to mental trauma of a re-exam without verifying the extent of paper leak scandal. He said that how could the Govt and CBSE be so insensitive as to order a re-exam for all students without ascertaining as to whether the paper leak scam had spread across the length and breadth of the country with all students being involved in the process. Singh said that entire students fraternity could not be compelled to undergo the trauma of re-examination for a crime that was committed by a miniscule minority and some unscrupulous functionaries of CBSE.
Asserting that innocent students could not be victimized for no fault of theirs, Singh said that he along with his party colleagues and parents associations would join the protest of the students aggrieved by the CBSE decision of a re-test. He said that the students affected by such reckless decision of CBSE would not only have to relive the onerous ordeal of re-exam but it would also upset the plans and prospects of millions of students. He further said that in an age of cut throat competition, the preparations of every single day matter for the students.
Seeking a thorough probe into the entire gamut of paper leak, Harsh Dev sought proper identification of exam centres and places which were the beneficiaries of the leakage before penalizing the entire students fraternity. He urged upon the CBSE to immediately roll back its decisions in view of massive outrage sparked all across the nation against its arbitrary and unilateral decision.
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