THURSDAY29MARCH 2018 6 NATION XXCE Leak hits more students because of pattern shift IN BRIEF Govt silent CBSE one-paper folly on Arihant BASANTKUMAR done away with the practice of boards. The moderation is paredness must have been MOHANTY multiple sets of question pa- done to compensate for the dif- thoroughly verified, he said. ‘repairs’ pers in the board examina- ficulty levels across sets of The All India Parents As- NewDelhi: All 20 lakh stu- tions. Had they followed the question papers and also to sociation(AIPA), an organisa- ■ NEW DELHI: The govern- dents would not have had to practice, the number of affect- match the pass rate of the pre- tion fighting for admission and ment on Wednesday de- take the CBSE math and eco- ed students would have been vious year. Under moderation, the right to education of chil- clined to give information nomics re-exam had the board confined to afew regions, and all students are awarded extra dren, alsosuspected the revo- on the extent of damage apparently not deviated from not the whole country,” he marks subject to aceiling. cation of multiple sets of ques- to or cost of repairs of the its practice of different sets of said over phone. After beingproddedbythe tion papers. indigenously-built nu- question papers for different Usually, the board pre- human resource development “The board has certainly clear submarine INS Ari- regions,aformer chairperson pares multiple sets of question ministry, all boards agreedto adopted asingle set of question hant, stating it could not said on Wednesday. papers and sends different sets do away with moderation. The papers. There is no other rea- be done “in the interest of The former CBSE chair- to different regions. CBSE might have scrapped son why students from the national security”.There person, who requested anony- It could not be confirmed the multiple question set norm whole country have to take the were reports that the ves- mity, told TheTelegraph that whether the CBSE indeed did to rule out the possibility of test again,” AIPA president sel had suffered major the board seemed to have scr- away with the practice. How- varying difficulty levels, ajus- Ashok Agrawal said. damage because of apped the norm of issuing mu- ever, the board said students tificationfor moderation, Agrawal demanded that human error last year. In ltiple sets of question papers across India would have to some believe. HRD minister Prakash Java- awritten response in the and opted for acompositequ- take the re-exam. Calls and a The former CBSE chair- dekar and CBSE chairperson Lok Sabha, Subhash estion paper. As aresult, the text message to CBSE chairpe- person said there could have Karwal resign by taking moral Bhamre, junior defence Class Xmath and Class XII ec- rson Anita Karwal and exami- been lapses in proper verifica- responsibilityfor the lapses. minister, said: “The infor- onomicsexams, whose questi- nation controller K.K. Choud- tion while allowing new cen- “The answer papers in the mation cannot be di- on papers were leaked in Del- hury remained unanswered. tres to conduct the test. The revised tests should be evalu- vulged in the interest of hi, will have to be held again Last year there hadbeena backgroundofthe institutions ated liberally to compensate national security.”PTI for all students across India. controversy over moderation where the exam centres have for the suffering of the stu- “It seems the CBSE has of marks by different school been set up and the safety pre- dents,” Agrawal said. Fishermen in net ■ AHMEDABAD: The Pak- Govt against istan Maritime Security Agency on Wednesday apprehended nearly 24 creamy layer Indian fishermen from Gujarat in the Arabian plea for Sea, afishing association official said. “We have learnt that around 24 SC/STs fishermen,who set sail from Porbandar in Gu- OURLEGAL jarat four days ago, were CORRESPONDENT apprehended by the PMSA near the interna- NewDelhi: The government tional maritime border,” on Wednesday said it wouldn’t Manish Lodhari, secre- excludethe more affluent amo- tary of National Fish- ng ScheduledCastes and Sche- workers’ Forum, said. PTI duled Tribes from reservation benefits, contending in the Su- ALL ASHORE preme Court that the creamy layer concept for the Other Bac- kward Classes couldn’tbeap- plied to these two communities. Under this concept, the more well-to-do among OBCs can be denied quota benefits. Former Bihar chief minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadavleavesfor Delhi’sAll India “This principle cannot be Institutes of Medical Sciences from Ranchi after his health deteriorated on Wednesday. (PTI) applied to the presidential ord- er on quota for SC/STs. The government of India will not remove any creamy layer fr- om among the SCs and STs fr- Afishermanat om the purview of reservatio- NDAMPs ask Modi Vembanad Lake in ns,” additional solicitor-gener- Kochi. (Reuters) al P.S. Narasimha told abench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar. According to Article 341, to shield Dalit rights ‘Godman’ cuffs the President can issue an ord- er declaring certain castes/ra- J.P. YADAV us attentively. Being apart of “As afollower of Babasa- ■ KOTA: Kuldeep Singh ce/groups as SCs and STs. the government we are confi- hab Ambedkar, Iamdoing my Jhala, who proclaimed The bench, which was de- NewDelhi: Adelegation of dent it will intervene,” he told duty to protect the rights of the himself an incarnation of aling with apublic interest pl- Dalit MPs of the ruling NDA reporters after the meetingin weaker sections. Reservation Goddess Shakti and Jag- ea, askedNarasimha to file an led by minister Ram Vilas Parliament. was granted by Ambedkar and damba, has been arrested affidavit in support of his sub- Paswan met Prime Minister The meeting came against no matter which party Irepre- on charges of sodomy and mission and posted the matter Narendra Modi on Wednesday the backdrop of avirtual re- sent, Iwill fight to protect it,” involvement in abetting a for further hearing to the sec- to urge the government to file volt by aDalit MP of the BJP Phule said. The rally has been 20-year-old youth’ssui- ond week of July. areview petition in the Su- from UttarPradesh. Bahraich titledSave Constitution, Save cide last month, police The petitioner, Samta An- preme Court against its order MP Savitri Bai Phule on Reservation. said. Jhala, 38, was ar- dolan Samiti, aRajasthan-bas- diluting the Scheduled Castes Wednesday announced arally On Tuesday, junior HRD rested on Tuesday follow- ed non-government organisa- and Scheduled Tribes (Pre- in Lucknow on April 1against minister Upendra Kushwaha, ing an investigation into tion, had pleaded that the “cre- vention of Atrocities) Act. what she said was a “conspira- an OBC leader from Bihar, acase under Sections 306 amy layer” concept adopted The Prime Minister as- cy to end reservation”. wrote to the Prime Minister and 354 of the IPC. “He for OBCs should be extended sured the MPs he would look “Ihave been regularly demanding his intervention to will be produced before to Dalit and tribal communi- into their demand but did not raising my voice in the Lok protect the rights of the Dalits the court on Wednesday,” ties too. promise an appeal in the Sabha over issues linked to and tribals. DSP Chagan Singh Its argument was that in Supreme Court seeking are- reservation provided to SCs, Adelegation of the Nation- said. PTI the absence of such aconcept, view of its March 20 order. STs and the backward classes. al Commission for Scheduled the well-to-do among the “We are examining the Nothing seems to be happen- Castes led by its chairman and SCs and STs were cornering all judgment. The law depart- ing though. Increasingly there BJP MP Ram Shankar Kathe- Woman ‘trampled’ the quota benefits that should ment will give itsopinionand are efforts to deny the benefits ria called on President Ram ideally belong to the downtrod- then we will take acall on fil- of reservation to the weaker Nath Kovind and sought his ■ ERODE: A26-year-old den. ing areview petition,” one of sections. Ifeel there is acon- intervention in urging the gov- woman was trampled to The NGO urged the top theMPs quoted Modi as spiracy to end reservation,” ernment to file areview peti- death by awild elephant court to revisit an earlier judg- saying. Phule said. tion before the Supreme Court in Sathyamangalam ment by aconstitution bench Paswan said he was confi- The saffron-robed first- against its judgment. Tiger Reserve in the dis- in the Indra Sawhney case. dent Modi would “leave no time MP said her move Opposition parties led by trict, forest officials said Thatbenchhad ruledthat stoneunturned to protect the shouldn’tbeseen as arevolt the Congress also met the on Wednesday. Rajam- the creamy layer concept rights of the Dalits”. against the BJP or the Modi President to seek his immedi- mal, of Koothanapuram would apply only to OBCs. “The Prime Minister heard government. ate intervention. village in Tamil Nadu, was the victim. 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