CBSE to compensate for typo error in Class 10 English paper

NEW DELHI, APRIL 19: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has confirmed that it will compensate class 10 students for a typo error in the English question paper. The Board's decision comes after an online petition was filed by teachers and students pointing out the errors.

“Students will be compensated for the typing error in the English paper,” a CBSE official told Careers360 over phone. A written reply from the official spokesperson is still awaited. Careers360 will update this story once CBSE officially replies the same

Students as well as teachers had reported several typing mistakes in the comprehension passage section of the English paper held on March 12. Candidates were asked to write synonyms from a passage in the examination. However, the paragraphs they had to refer to were marked wrong. As CBSE has now clarified about the compensation of marks, it is expected that all students who attempted that particular question would be awarded 2 marks.

CBSE has been at the centre of a paper leak controversy in both class 10 and 12 board exams this year. While the Board has decided to re-conduct the class 12 Economics paper, it cancelled its earlier plans to re-conduct the Class 10 Mathematics paper in the absence of conclusive proof that the leak had a large scale benefit for students who might have been part of it.

The CBSE class 10 exam began on March 5 and ended on April 4. Over 16 lakh candidates had registered for the board exams. The results are expected in the third week of May.