Students lose sleep over SSC question paper leak

Kakinada: The alleged involvement of corporate institutions in the leakage of SSC question paper, set for the half-yearly exam just days before the conduct of exams has become a cause of concern in the Kakinada district.

The issue holds significance in the backdrop of marks scored in a particular paper will carry 20 per cent weightage in the SSC examinations to be conducted in March 2017.

Following the news of leakage of SSC paper, Vidya Vignana Vedika(VVV), a social organisation that supports the cause of education has expressed concern over the future of students of government, ZP, municipal and aided schools in the district.

The paper leakage happened solely due to a nexus between the corporate institutions and officials in the education department, blamed VVV.

The fate of 60,000 plus students who are appearing for the SSC 2017 exams is hanging in balance and students of corporate and private school managements will benefit out of this paper leakage, said VVV.

Clinical competence evaluation (CCE) exams are conducted every year under the aegis of District Common Examination Board (DCEB).

However, in the present academic year 2016-17, the SERT mode has come into force for class X and VIII and IX classes are going to be brought under the SERT mode next academic year onwards.

The whole concept behind this programme is to provide 20 percept weightage in SSC examinations every year class VIII onwards.

Subject exam papers of languages, mathematics, physical sciences, biological sciences, and social studies are opened much in advance by corporate schools in violation of the norm of opening the paper bundle few minutes before the conduct of examination.

This practice gives room to circulation of paper to all the xerox centers in the district and through mobile messages.

There are allegations that a corporate school management in Samarlakota in the district is said to be behind the leakage issue.

AP’s VVV convener K Satti Raju alleged that corporate school managements are jeopardizing the interests of thousands of students and it is the colleges under the private management are going to be benefitted by 20 percent weightage.

Reacting to the paper leakage, DEO, R Narasimha Rao said on Friday that the leakage occurred outside the district and it does not come under the education department’s purview.

When his attention was drawn to the origin of leakage from Samarlakota in the district, the DEO assured that an enquiry will be ordered in the leakage issue.