UP Board Class 12 English exam cancelled in 24 districts due to paper leak

The UPMSP has cancelled the Class 12 English exam following paper leak. The exam was scheduled for March 30 in the second shift.

UP Board Class 12 exams 2022: The Uttar PRadesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parsihad (UPMSP) has cancelled the UP Board Class 12 English exam 2022 following paper leak. The English 12th exam for UP Board has been cancelled in 24 districts including Ballia, Etah, Baghpat, Badaun, Sitapur, Kanpur Dehat, Lalitpur, Chitrakot, Pratapgarh, Gonda, Azamgarh, Agra, Varanasi, Mainpuri, Mathura, Aligarh, Ghaziabad, Shamli, Shahjahanpur, Unnao, Jalaun, Mahoba, Ambedkar Nagar and Gorakhpur. The exam was scheduled to be conducted on March 30 in the second shift from 2 pm to 5 pm. The exam will continue as per schedule in other distrcits. It is being alleged that the paper was leaked before the commencement of the examination.

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“In view of the possibility of leak of question paper of Intermediate English subject series 316 E D and 316 E I in today's second shift in Ballia district, it has been decided to cancel the exam in the second shift of all examination centers of 24 districts due to the distribution of the above series in these districts,” said an official notification from UPMSP.

"The fresh date for the intermediate English exam to be held in these 24 districts will be announced soon," the state board's release mentioned.

Recently, Bihar Board Mathematics paper for Class 10 was leaked and the exam was cancelled. Thereafter, it was re-conducted on March 24.