BENGALURU: After the chemistry paper leak on March 21, the Department of Pre-University Education casually picked up an old question paper and printed it for the rescheduled exam on March 31, sources said.
The rescheduled exam was cancelled after the questions were leaked a second time, leading to widespread outrage.
Highly placed government sources told Express the department did not prepare a fresh set of question papers, as stipulated. It just picked up a set from a previous year, and went about conducting a re-exam.
When the exam was rescheduled for March 31, the right procedure was for the department to call subject experts and get a fresh set of question papers prepared.
Oblivious to Scam
The department did not bother to change the printer, even after such a major scandal. Overall, it took no steps to avoid a second leak.
The printer's name is confidential, and the printed question papers are transported to district and taluk treasuries four or five days before the exam. This year, the papers were transported on March 7, a full two weeks before the exam.
An official said, "Those who know how to leak a paper will do it again. Officials did not even use basic common sense, and put 1.79 lakh students to inconvenience."
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