CBSE forms panel to probe discrepancies in questions, answer key of Class-10 Odia paper

Bhubaneswar: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has formed an expert committee to probe into the alleged discrepancies in the questions and the answer key of Odia paper of Class-10’s Term-1 examinations.

On the basis of the report of the expert committee, appropriate decision will be taken by the board within 24 hours.

“CBSE has set up an expert committee to examine the discrepancies being flagged in the questions and the answer key of Odia Class X paper. An appropriate decision will be taken by the Board within 24 hours, on the basis of the report of the expert committee,” the board tweeted today.

“It is known that the performance of students in Class X Term-I examinations was communicated to all the schools by CBSE on 11.03.2022. CBSE has also made available a Dispute Redressal Mechanism on the same day to address the genuine issues of the students,” the CBSE said in a statement.

“A dispute has been received from a school regarding the Answer Key of Odia subject in Class-X claiming that the answers given in the answer key for some of the questions are wrong. Therefore, with a view to ascertain the factual position, an expert committee has been constituted by the board which will examine the discrepancies raised in the representation. An appropriate decision will be taken by the Board within 24 hours, on the basis of the report of the expert committee,” the statement added.

Notably, the CBSE had declared the results of the Term-1 examinations on March 12. However, many students had taken to Twitter claiming that the question paper had several errors and grace marks were not awarded for the same.

Some students also claimed that there were several wrong answers in the answer key.

The Odisha Abhibhabak Mahasangha has threatened to stage protest in front of the board’s regional office in Bhubaneswar if the issue is not resolved within a week.

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