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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 23: The alleged leakage of all Question Papers of the recently held 10th and 12th class exams has ruined the BOSE (Board of School Education) credibility.
Earlier it was felt that only one or two pa pers were leaked, but after the arrest of BOSE strong room incharge Mohan Singh Jamwal yesterday, police came to know that all the papers of the two classes had been leaked and sold in the market. This has put a question mark on the BOSE credibility. While some students burnt the midnight oil to score good marks, a vast majority of others had an easy access to the question papers in advance, making the entire examination process a useless exercise.
If dug further, more names of BOSE officials were likely to figure in the question paper leakage and answer sheet smuggling scams. Quoting the interrogation of Jamwal and eight others held in the twin scams, sources said the illegal practice was in vogue for the past many years. If so, the involvement of senior BOSE officials was not ruled out, the sources added.
Sources said the scam could not take its roots and sustain for such a long time without the connivance of senior BOSE officials. Jamwal was made incharge strong room, in which question papers were locked before being despatched to different examination centres, because of his closeness to many senior BOSE officials.
Sources said whenever a finger of suspicion was pointed towards him, the senior BOSE officials protected him. Sources alleged that as Jamwal charged Rs 20,000 to 30,000 per paper from two teachers -- Gurdev Singh and Balbir Singh -- who then sold it in the market for Rs 1,000 to 1,500 per paper, the proceeds thus collected were being shared at some higher levels.
Now the question is if the scam was continuing for the past several years, how could senior BOSE officials be unaware of it? It is just unbelievable! Sources said the interrogation of the accused hinted at the alleged involvement of some board seniors in the scam.Astonishingly, there was nothing secret in the secrecy wing of the board; everything was public. What to talk of question papers, even answer sheets were being smuggled out for the convenience of those students who could spend more to take examinations in cozy rooms of their houses.
Apart from it, there have been allegations of mass copying in examination centres. Centres were being sold allegedly by some of the concerned board officials to some suprentindents who, in turn, charged from the students to allow them to copy with impunity from law.
Some BOSE officials, now retired, had gained notoriety for promoting copying in 10th and 12th class exams. During their tenure in BOSE, some city private schools scored first five or sometimes, first 10 positions out of 20, but after their retirement, these schools failed to maintain their standards as they could not produce even distinction holders.
Now, when the BOSE has reitrated its commitment, may be out of compulsion, to give free hand to police, it was hoped that police would accomplish its job with honesty and grill even the retired if their involved figured in the scam.
This was also a crucial time for BOSE to punish all the black sheep in the department to restore its lost credibility.
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