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The Education Minister of Assam Ranoj Pegu has cancelled all the examinations of Class 11 of the Assam state board from March 24 to 29, comprising 36 subjects following reports of several paper leaks at different places. Earlier, the Mathematics paper for the first year of Higher Secondary Education, scheduled for March 21 by the Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB), was leaked. This incident forced the authorities to cancel the examinations and file a police complaint.
“Due to reports of question paper leak and breach of protocol, the remaining subjects of HS First Year Examination 2025 (scheduled from March 24-29) stand cancelled,” Pegu said in a post on X.
Sharing the official order by ASSEB, he said further action regarding the new schedule of the examinations will be decided in the board meeting on Monday.
Due to reports of question paper leak and breach of protocol, the remaining subjects of HS First Year Examination 2025 (scheduled from 24–29 March) stand cancelled. Further action will be decided in the Board meeting on 24 March.@himantabiswa @CMOfficeAssam pic.twitter.com/fFFUHyWKiG
— Ranoj Pegu (@ranojpeguassam) March 22, 2025
The minister stated that the Mathematics paper was leaked after 18 schools, including three government institutions, across the state breached the security seal a day before the scheduled examination.
“Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB) has suspended the affiliation of 15 private schools across 10 districts for breaking the seal of Class 11 Mathematics question papers before the scheduled time, leading to a leak.
“The state government will also take action against three other schools for similarly violating the rules,” he added.
Complaints will be filed against these schools, and they have been prohibited from admitting Class 11 students for the 2025-26 academic year, as stated by Pegu. According to the order issued by Ranjan Kumar Das, the Controller of Examinations (in charge) of the ASSEB, all school inspectors and principals of lead colleges have returned the sealed packets of the Mathematics question paper after its cancellation.
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“…from their reports, it is seen that some of the institutions had opened the sealed packets of question paper on 20/03/2025, whereas the examination was scheduled to be held in the second session of 21/03/2025.
Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB) has suspended the affiliation of 15 private schools across 10 districts for breaking the seal of Class 11 Mathematics question papers before the scheduled time, leading to a leak. State Govt will take action against 3 provincialised… pic.twitter.com/TrisfjRePf
— Ranoj Pegu (@ranojpeguassam) March 22, 2025
“…it is presumed that leakage of question papers in the rest of the examination cannot be ruled out, as all the question papers of remaining subjects are in the custody of each institution of Assam where the examination is being held,” it added.
As a result, all remaining subjects of the HS First Year examination scheduled from March 24 to March 29 have been cancelled, according to Das’s announcement. He also informed PTI that a First Information Report (FIR) has been filed at the CID Headquarters in Guwahati, and 18 additional cases will be filed at various police stations against the educational institutions involved.
“Out of the 18 centres, we believe that not all have leaked the papers. Probably only one or two centres leaked the papers and those went viral on social media. The culprits will be found after a detailed probe by the police,” he added.
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Last week, the Class 9 English annual exam in Assam’s Barpeta district was cancelled after the question paper leaked on social media
— With inputs from PTI
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