A superintendent for School Leaving Certificate (SLC) exam centre in Biratnagar was arrested along with 16 others for leaking the question paper of “Compulsory English” half-an hour before the exams began on Thursday.
Dr Uddhav Pokharel, superintendent of Star Boarding School centre, Manish Swarnakar, operator of Excel Academy Tuition Center and their accomplices were arrested today morning following a tip-off the police received about their activities.
Police had raided the tuition centre and caught Swarnakar and his aides while making photocopies of Compulsory English question paper for distribution among the students taking the exams.
The question paper was found to have been leaked by Pokharel to the tuition centre at 7 am in the morning. The SLC exams began at 8 am.
The incident has occurred amid widespread allegations of political appointment of superintendents for SLC exams in many districts, raising doubts whether the exams will be conducted fairly.
The SLC Examination Board has decided to take strong measures in a bid to conduct fair exams.
The SLC Board had last week decided to lodge public offence cases against parents who encourage their wards to adopt unfair means in the exams.
The Board also said that students involved in cheating will be immediately evicted from the exam centre and those helping students to cheat will be booked.
The exams for School Leaving Certificate (SLC) began across the country Thursday. Almost half million students are taking exams from over 1600 exam centres across the country.
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