Social media is buzzing with the complaints of “tough” maths paper for Class 12 with as many as 240 petitions posted on Change.org, getting support from 25,000 people.
Within 24 hours of the exam, which reportedly left many students in tears, students and parents from across the country have started the online campaign for leniency in evaluation.
Hundreds of anxious Class 12 students and their parents have started petitions on Change.org appealing the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to show leniency in evaluating the Mathematics paper that concluded on TuesdayChange.org
The biggest petition, with 12,500 signatures, was started by a student from Guwahati. Other petitions were started by students from Kolkata, Chennai and other cities including Thrissur.
CBSE has broken the dreams of several students by setting a paper which was meant for IIT aspirants. This year CBSE Maths Paper was tough as well as long and has made several students cry. CBSE should come out with a statement immediately to take care of their mental agony which will help them to concentrate on their next examPetitioner from Guwahati
Meanwhile, the government wants a probe into the reported leak of a CBSE Class XII examination paper and suggestions that the questions were rather difficult for students after members from several parties raised the issue in the Lok Sabha.
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