Cuttack, Mar 16: At least 149 students of the High School Certification Examination, conducted by the Board of Secondary Education Orissa, could not take the examination today as it was cancelled due to a mix up in question papers. The students of Basudevpur high school centre in Badamba Narsinghpur area of Cuttack district could not gives the examination after the board authorities cancelled the examination of english following a mix-up in the question papers.
The authorities cancelled the exam after the invigilators opened the sealed packets containing the question papers and found Science question papers instead of English.
The Centre superintendent immediately contacted the board secretary and cancelled the examation on his advice.
Board secretary H N Das said the English exam would be conducted soon and the date would be intimated to the candidates.
Bureau Report