To,
Anita Karwal (IAS) Chairperson, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi – 110092.
Sub. : Fervent appeal to immediately revoke the decision to conduct a Pan-India Re-Examination for Class-12 Economics Paper (030) scheduled for 25th April 2018.
Respected Ma’am, The Central Board’s hurried decision to conduct the Re-Examination for the Economics Paper (030) has left the overwhelming majority of students across the country totally devastated and disheartened. We humbly state that we cannot be coerced to sit afresh for the said Re-Examination when much of our precious time, health and energy have already been devoted to do full justice to the paper.
We strongly refuse to be taken as ‘baits’ because of some unscrupulous greedy elements of the society. We are appalled at the insensitivity of the CBSE’s decision to conduct the re-examination across the country rather than limiting the Re-Examination only to Delhi region from where the paper in question was leaked half an hour before the commencement of Examination as per the SIT report of Delhi Police.
Having a Re-Examination would not only affect the results of the students, but would also invite serious ramifications on the morale of the students. We believe that the fine fabric of our democratic traditions would further facilitate us to air our grievances and express our legitimate right to our opinion and have them immediately redressed by the authorities concerned whenever our “Democratic rights” are in peril.
Moreover the Re-Examination would put undue pressure on the students especially of this far-flung region which remains disconnected from the mainland due to problems like poor internet-connectivity and other logistical handicaps. We require adequate time for preparation for entrance examinations and also for admissions to Colleges and other Higher Studies outside the Nagaland and North-East which will be grossly hampered by your decision as we would need to reschedule our travel plans.
We, therefore earnestly urge the CBSE to limit the Re-Examination of the said paper to only the region where the paper was leaked. Failure to do so would compel the students to take other course of action.
Sincerely Yours, Aggrieved CBSE students
