The class XII Economics reexamination paper held on Wednesday evoked mix response from the students in national Capital with some claiming that it was quite easier than the previous one which got cancelled while others alleging that some portions of paper were bit lengthier.
While most of the students found the paper quite easy. The students of Kendriya Vidyalayas, Gol Market said the paper was quite easy contrary to their expectations.
About six lakh students appeared in reexamination for Class XII Economics at about 4000 centres spread across the nation, almost a month after it was leaked leading to a nationwide protest and outrage. The candidates took the exam at the centres allotted to them earlier, a senior CBSE official said.
This finally brought to end Class XII Board examination. The board had announced the re-examination for all students of Class XII who had appeared for the examination on March 26 following confirmation of paper leak.
The duration of the exam is of three hours. It began at 10:30 am and ends at 1:30 pm. The students get 15 minutes to read the question paper from 10:15 am to 10:30 am. Although, students started gathering at examination centre from 9 am itself as precaution. The board and the schools took extra measures for conducting the examinations as extra invigilators were deployed. The question papers for the Class 12 economics retest were also delivered to the schools on Wednesday and a CBSE official was also present to oversee the handing over to the school authorities.
It may be noted that the CBSE had announced the re-test after reports of the leak surfaced on March 28.
Then, there were also reports of the CBSE Class 10 mathematics paper being leaked, but the board decided against a re-test of the Class 10 paper, saying the examination was "largely an internal segment" of the school education system.
For the economics paper re-exam, the board had said, "Class 12 exams are a gateway to higher education and various professional competitive exams which have limited seats... Therefore, giving undue advantage to a handful of beneficiaries of the alleged leak of the economics paper would not be in larger interest of the students."
The CBSE had earlier this month said an assessment had found no impact of the Class 10 mathematics paper leak. The reports of leak of the CBSE papers had caused disappointment among students across the country last month. In Delhi, students held protests, accusing the CBSE of negligence and demanded immediate action against the guilty.
The Class 12 economics paper was leaked on March 23 - three days before the scheduled date, according to the Delhi Police.
The leak was exposed after an envelope containing four images of the hand-written economics paper was delivered to the CBSE Headquarters in Delhi on the evening of the scheduled date of examination - March 26.
Following the leak reports, the CBSE tried a "leak-proof" system of "encrypted" question papers on April 2, which delayed the exam as a few centres in Delhi were unable to follow the printing of encrypted papers, e-mailed to them, at the school itself.
The HRD Ministry then set up a committee to examine the CBSE examination process. The seven-member panel, headed by former HRD secretary Vinay Sheel Oberoi, will suggest measures to make the process "secure and fool-proof" using technology.