Questions of 12 marks were wrong in HSC

Ahmedabad: Experts committee has submitted its report before the Gujarat HC regarding a complaint of incorrect questions worth 12 marks being set in maths paper of HSC (science stream) exam held on March 12. Petitioner claimed in PIL that questions worth 12 marks were incorrect. Moreover, the paper setter had not followed the guidelines. Hence questions worth 44 marks had become lengthy

•  Expert committee submit report to Guj. HC

Bench of acting chief justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and justice JB Pardiwala gave a copy of the report to the lawyers of petitioner Dhiru Patel, a private maths teacher as well as Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board. The court asked both parties to submit their opinion on the report and posponed hearing on April 26. HC bench had constituted an experts committee comprising former head of department of mathematics, Gujarat University, Dr AM Vaidya; and two other experts, Dr MH Vasavada and Dr JC Sharma. 

Arun Oza, counsel for GSHSEB had also filed an affidavit on the issue stating that apart from owners of tuition classes, no one -neither students nor the parents - had complained about the questions being incorrect. Owners of tuition classes have no right to raise such issues. The papers have been checked and work of data entry is on. Such objections may hamper the process of preparation of results. The matter came to light when Dhiru Patel filed a PIL in the HC alleging that maths question paper set for the board exam was full of mistakes.