Fake News: CBSE to award "Extra Marks" for Class 12 Accountancy; Board releases clarification

In the audio message the controller was heard saying, "Don't worry students, if you attempt 28 to 31 questions correctly, you will score around 38 marks. CBSE will award grace marks up to six to the students."

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released clarification on reports claiming "upto 6 grace marks" will be given to students who appeared in CBSE Class 12 Accountancy exam as fake. The  official statement released by the board state, "It has been brought to the notice of the Board that fake news reports allegedly quoting an audio message in the name of the controller of examination, CBSE is being circulated claiming that due to an error in class 12 Accountancy term 1 paper conducted on December 13 "up to 6 grace marks" will be given." Meanwhile, a principal shared the audio claiming that the controller of the exam Sanyam Bhardwaj said that in a meeting held on Monday.

In the audio message the controller was heard saying, "Don't worry students, if you attempt 28 to 31 questions correctly, you will score around 38 marks. CBSE will award grace marks up to six to the students."

Terming that the change of paper pattern of CBSE Class 12 Accountancy exam at the last minute was a "shock" to the students. The controller can be heard saying, "In CBSE sample papers, you are asked to attempt 45 out of 55 questions, while in the exam paper it is 40 out of 48 questions, which seems shocking to the students. Along with that, the instructions were not proper in the paper.”

Referring to the 12th Accountancy paper, the controller said, “The answer of question number 10 in the answer key was 100 per cent wrong, question number 47 is controversial." “You will get at least 5 or 6 [grace] marks,” he further added.

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