Pune, Mar 13 (PTI) The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has begun a probe after a video showing two Class VI students allegedly helping a teacher check Class X Marathi answer sheets at a school in Satara went viral on social media, an official said on Friday.
The incident occurred at Uttareshwar High School in Vidani village in Phaltan, some 100 kilometres from here, following which the Kolhapur Divisional Board of MSBSHSE began a probe, he added.
In the viral video, two schoolgirls are seen handling answer sheets along with a teacher.
“Our preliminary investigation has revealed the two Class VI students were asked to merely draw lines on the blank pages of the answer sheets. However, we are yet to ascertain when the incident took place. We have sent a team to the school in Phaltan to probe further,” Kolhapur Divisional Board chairperson Rajesh Kshirsagar.
However, even handing over examination answer sheets to unauthorised persons amounts to a violation of rules, Kshirsagar asserted.
The divisional board team will visit the school during the day, obtain CCTV footage as part of the probe and submit a report by late evening, he added.
“Students appearing for examinations are expected to draw cross lines on blank pages so that no one can write on them later. Generally, students do not draw these cross lines and teachers checking the papers have to mark them before evaluation. However, in this case, handing over the papers to an unauthorised person is not allowed,” he said. PTI SPK BNM
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