A group of parents have engaged in a protest against the Department of Examination’s decision to provide the results of the Grade 05 Scholarship exam, exempting the marks of the first three questions in paper one due to it being leaked before the exam.
The protest was staged in front of the Department of Examination today with the parents urging for the examination to be annulled.
The Department of Examination had allowed a group of parents to hand over a written petition to the authorities in this regard. The Police and Anti-riot unit personnel have been summoned in view of the ongoing protest.
Speaking to the media, the parents claimed that the Commissioner General of Examinations has taken the matter lightly, and hence, must resign.
The Grade 05 Scholarship Examination was held last Sunday with 323,879 students sitting for the exam.
However, a practice paper with questions similar to some of the questions in the first paper of the scholarship exam was circulated by a tuition teacher in the Alawwa area prior to the exam.
The Department of Examinations launched an investigation into the matter following complaints filed by various parties.
Accordingly, with the agreement of the panel of experts who prepared the question paper, the Examination Department decided yesterday to give the final marks after removing the relevant 03 questions. (Newswire)