Gujarat Class 7 fresh exam date released following paper leak- Education News
Gujarat exams for Class 7 were cancelled on the grounds of papers being stolen. The state government has claimed the papers were stolen from a government school in Bhavnagar district.
An official has confirmed that two students of Class 7 admitted to stealing the papers on Wednesday night from their school. Earlier, the exams were scheduled to be held in all state-run primary schools on Friday and Saturday. However, the exams will now be held on April 29 and 30. The exam papers are prepared centrally by the Director of Primary Education and sent to the schools in sealed covers, said an official.
Gujarat exams On Thursday morning, Devraj Dhadhla, principal of a primary school in Nesvad village in Talaja tehsil, realized on reaching the school that someone had broken in during the night and stolen question papers for Science and Social Science subjects. After registering a First Information Report, Talaja police started investigation and found out that two students of Class 7 had stolen the papers after breaking the locks, said Assistant Superintendent of Police Safin Hasan.
The stolen papers were also recovered, he added. Subsequently, the office of the Director of Primary Education informed District Primary Education Officers that the examination had been cancelled, and the fresh examination will take place on April 29 and 30 with new exam papers. It also directed that in order to avoid such incidents, teachers should keep sealed covers containing exam papers at their residence instead of at school.
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