Assam board cancels HSLC exam following cheating in English paper; SEBA to announce revised date soon

NEW DELHI: The Board of Secondary Education Assam (SEBA) has cancelled the English exam in one of the centres in Cachar district. The decision to cancel the exam has been made following reports of using unfair means by students in Cachar’s JR Ucchotor Madhyamik Vidyalaya Gonirgram Higher Secondary examination centre. The board is yet to announce the re-exam date.

SEBA held the Class 10 HSLC English exam on March 3, 2023. The exam is being held in 912 centres across the state for 4,22,174 students.

While announcing the cancellation of the said exam date, SEBA has asked the students to appear for the remaining exams without using any unfair means.

The Assam board has also sought reports from the district-level committees and HSLC exam centres to report any kind of anomaly in the upcoming days of exam. The board will take strict actions against them, it added.

The education minister of Assam, Ranoj Pegu also shared the notice of SEBA board on his social media handle.

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— Ranoj Pegu (@ranojpeguassam) March 6, 2023

The Assam board Class 10 exams which started on March 3 will continue till March 20. The HLSC 2023 matric exams will get over with the advanced mathematics, geography, history, Sanskrit, computer science, commerce, home science, Nepali, Arabic and Persian papers on the last date.