Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu Dismisses HSLC Question Paper Leak Claims

The rumours of question paper leak of this year’s High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination held by the Board of Secondary Education Assam (SEBA) have been all over social media. According to media reports, the question paper of Class 10 (English) was leaked from one of the exam centres in Cachar district. However,  state education minister Ranoj Pegu has dismissed the reports and said that there has been no paper leak.

Pegu on Friday shared on the microblogging platform “X” (formerly Twitter) that the reports of question paper leak from the claimed exam centre are fake. He added that the respective authorities are probing the case of fake news.

In the post shared on “X” Pegu said, “The reports of the HSLC examination question paper leak in Cachar District are fake. Authorities are currently probing the origins of this false news and will enforce legal measures accordingly.”

According to reports, rumours of question paper leaks have been made for the English exam from the Nenamiya School in the Banskandi area located in the Cachar district.

Following the claims, Cachar SP Numal Mahatta visited the centre to inspect the security arrangements for the examination. In the year 2023, there was a case of HSLC question paper leak in the Cachar district of Assam. Reports suggest that the leaked papers were of mathematics.

Meanwhile, the Assam HSLC written board examination has been scheduled between February 16 to March 4. The three-hour-long theory exam’s first shift takes place between 9 AM to 12 PM while another exam slot is between 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM.

According to the State Education Minister, this year, the high school examination in the state will be taking the test of 2,80,216 students across 876 centres.

Last year, among the 4,15,324 students who appeared in the Class 10 examination, 3,01,880 students qualified the board exam. The state board recorded an overall passing percentage of 72.69 in 2023.