CBSE constitutes expert panel to examine discrepancies in Class 10 Odia paper

Mar 14, 2022

New Delhi [India], March 14 : The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has constituted an expert committee to examine the alleged discrepancies in the questions and the answer key of Odia paper of Class-10 Term-1 examinations.
On the basis of the report of the expert committee, an appropriate decision will be taken by the Board within 24 hours, the CBSE said in a statement. The dispute, received from a school, claims that the answers in the answer key for some questions are wrong.
After the announcement of the CBSE result for the Class 10 Term-I examination on March 11, the board made a Dispute Redressal Mechanism to address the "genuine" issues of the students on the same day, CBSE said.
"Subsequently, a dispute has been received from a school regarding the Answer Key of Odia subject in Class-X claiming that the answers given in the answer key for some of the questions are wrong. Therefore, with a view to ascertain the factual position, an expert committee has been constituted by the board which will examine the discrepancies raised in the representation," CBSE's statement read.
It also stated: "An appropriate decision will be taken by the Board within 24 hours, on the basis of the report of the expert committee."