'Glaring Malpractice': Madhya Pradesh HC Pulls Up Secondary Education Board For Incorrect Evaluation Of Student's Answer Copy, Fines ₹25,000
Live LawThe Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court recently pulled up MP Board of Secondary Education for "glaring malpractice" in the evaluation of a Class 12 student's examination copy and directed the Board to pay cost of Rs. However, if the examiners evaluate the answer scripts contrary to model answer key of the Board itself, and the position is not remedies, the faith of the students in the examination system of the Board is bound to be shaken, and that should be the last which a responsible education would allow to take place.” In the present writ petition, the petitioner had prayed for revaluation of marks awarded to him in Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination 2023 in Mathematics. It is alleged by the petitioner that said objective type answers in question No.1, 2, 3 and 4 were wrongly valued, contrary to the model answer key issued by the Board of Secondary Education and the same was not taken into consideration by the examiner. The petitioner also placed on record the question paper, the copy of answer sheet obtained under RTI Act as well as the model answer key issued by the Board. In the present case, there was a glaring malpractice of the examiner where he misconducted in evaluating the objective type and one-word type questions contrary to the model answer key.