Just before the evening exam, some parents informed the chairman about a guess paper (mock exam) which had been circulated all over the division.
Sahiwal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Chairman Dr Anwar Ahmad cancelled the intermediate part-one Urdu examination on Wednesday over fears that the paper had been leaked. Students of intermediate part one were supposed to sit their Urdu exam on Wednesday.
Just before the evening exam, some parents informed the chairman about a guess paper (mock exam) which had been circulated all over the division. They told him that several shopkeepers were selling the mock exam at exorbitant rates claiming that it was the actual exam that the students scheduled for the evening exam would take.
Dr Ahmad got hold of the mock exam at 1:30pm, just as the exam was about to begin. He compared it to the original exam and found up to 60 per cent similarities. He then issued orders for the exam to be cancelled. BISE announced that the exam will be held on June 3, after all the other exams ended. The BISE had also initiated an inquiry. Dr Ahmad said it was the BISE’s duty to ensure transparency and merit in the examination system. “We cannot discredit the hard work put in by most of our students,” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 29th, 2014.
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