The Class 9 English exam in Barpeta district, Assam, was cancelled after the question paper was leaked online. Ratul Kumar Das, the Barpeta inspector of schools, informed school leaders about the cancellation. He said a new exam date will be set soon.
“This is to let you know that the English paper for the class 9 annual exam, which was supposed to happen on March 20, is now postponed due to some unavoidable reasons,” he said in his announcement.
Officials found out about the leak on Wednesday evening. A member of the district’s internal exam committee said, “We think the question paper got shared widely on social media. We are checking all these claims. We cannot take chances, so we decided to cancel the exam.”
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