A total of 307 students have applied to appear in matriculation examination. Among them are 28 students aged between 22 to 35 years who have cleared the examination earlier but they are reappearing in the examination again just to get first division.
These students have filled the forms as regular students of Upgraded High School Semra and will take the examination in Manjurmati Mahadev Ashram School. These students belong to different districts including Chatra, Gumla, Simdega, Hazaribagh, Tandwa and Ramgarh. On Monday, after examination all these students been stayed at the exam centre.
When SDO Saurabh Kumar Sinha and DEO Urmila Kumari enquired from them, they accepted that they have already passed matriculation examination and to get first division they are again appearing in the examination again.
The students were told to come with their original age proof certificates on next day at the examination centre. If the teachers find anything wrong, strict action would be taken against them.