Cash for marks scam: Assam CM orders action against guilty

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has requested the Training Division to take stern motion in opposition to the offenders after the Assam police arrested two individuals and detained seven others in Kamrup Rural district for alleged experiences of awarding greater marks to the scholars showing for Class 10 board exams this 12 months in lieu of money.

Sarma mentioned that he has obtained some experiences of irregularities within the analysis means of the cancelled examinations and requested the Training Division to take strictest motion in opposition to the wrongdoers.

“I’ve requested the Training Division officers to conduct a video convention urgently with all of the district officers and college inspectors to get the precise place of the irregularities, if any, and take applicable stern motion in opposition to the offenders. None can be spared if discovered responsible,” the chief minister instructed the media on Tuesday.

Police in Assam’s Kamrup Rural district on Saturday and Sunday arrested two individuals and detained seven others together with a college principal, a college inspector, coordinator of the state board and a knowledge entry operator for allegedly providing to vary marks of scholars showing for Class 10 board examination this 12 months in lieu of cash.

Kamrup superintendent of police Hitesh Chandra Roy mentioned {that a} case has been registered in opposition to the accused at Changsari police station and investigation is on.

Like different state governments and the central board, the Assam authorities had earlier introduced to cancel Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations this 12 months because of the rising Covid-19 pandemic and as a substitute devised an analysis method primarily based on outcomes of earlier 12 months and inner assessments.

Outcomes of the analysis course of had been to be introduced by July 31. Excessive College Leaving Certification (HSLC or Class X) and the Greater Secondary (Class XII) are performed by the Board of Secondary Training Assam (SEBA) and the Assam Greater Secondary Training Council (AHSEC) respectively.

Opposition Congress in Assam has additionally urged the federal government to revise the analysis system of Class X and XII state board exams in view of the arrest within the Kamrup Rural district.

Opposition chief Debabrata Saikia demanded that the whole matter be given due significance by the federal government normally and the state’s schooling division specifically. “Maintaining in thoughts the way forward for our college students, the valuation system must be re-examined. As a substitute of valuation, we demand {that a} correct scientific system must be adopted to take the scholars to the subsequent degree. I request the chief minister to take correct corrective motion and save the way forward for our kids,” Saikia instructed the media.