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Chairman BOPEE submits probe report

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 7/18/2013 12:40:03 AM

SRINAGAR, July 17: The chairman of Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) today filed a confidential report regarding findings of a probe into Common Entrance Test (CET) paper leakage case.
On July 3, the High Court had taken suo moto cognizance of CET paper leakage case and issued notice to the Chief Secretary and Secretary Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) asking them to file reply within two weeks.
According to Mohammad Ishaq Qadri, advocates general Jammu and Kashmir High Court, the probe report was submitted by the chairman before a division bench comprising of Justice Virender Singh and Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar. The division bench has said the report will be opened tomorrow in presence of Chairman and Secretary BOPEE.
Meanwhile, the government also filed its reply after a notice was issued to it by the division bench comprising Chief Justice M M Kumar and Justice D S Thakur on July 3.
It may be recalled that on June 22, following leakage of CET question paper at some centers in Srinagar, the BOPEE had postponed the Biology and cancelled Chemistry papers. It had fixed July 5 as fresh date for conduct of these two papers.
Already under severe criticism for leakage of Biology paper and then postponing the scheduled papers, on June 28, it cancelled examination of Physics and Mathematics papers which were held on June 23 and 24.
The Board issued the cancellation notification of the two papers after five days of the conduct of examination.
The scheduled examination for Biology and Chemistry papers to be held on 5th of July, 2013 was also postponed. “The fresh dates for the conduct of entrance test for all the four papers will be notified separately,” the BOPEE had said.
In its notification the BOPEE had not given any reason as to why the papers were cancelled but announced, “The inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.”
Immediately after the CET leak surfaced, sources had told Kashmir Times, BOPEE authorities brazenly overlooked the concerns vis-à-vis paper printing and packaging.
Aspirants had also alleged Board officials had no role during the printing and packaging of question papers this year.
According to some invigilators at various centers, the question papers issued by BOPEE were not sealed properly and were bearing staples instead of an authenticated seal. They had also alleged the printing and thickness of papers was also sub standard.
“The question papers would bear a wax or plastic seal but this year the question papers were casually stapled,” an invigilator has told Kashmir Times on the condition of anonymity.
Thousands of aspirants appearing in CET-2013 were made to suffer in the wake of BOPEE negligence as the Biology papers got leaked at few examination centers in Srinagar.