CBSE Accountancy Exam Full of Printing Mistakes

After the mistake in CBSE 12th class English exam, multiple printing errors were reported by students in 12th Class accountancy examination conducted on March 6 (Wednesday). In set 3, question number 13 erroneously states re-valuation account as realisation account. Another mistake pointed out by teachers and students alike was a missing entry in Hindi translations while the same was there in English questions. Yet, the CBSE Board does not consider the printing errors as a big mistake and has instead called the examination a ‘success’ in an official tweet.

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Talking to indianexpress.com, CBSE officials said, “If a student or a school authority feels there is an error in any examination they can raise queries within 24 hours. CBSE Board is accepting complaints by email or letters. After which an expert panel will consider all complaints.” If a complaint is accepted by the authority panel, a corrective measure is undertaken which might also include ‘grace marks’.

The accounts paper was conducted at 3,964 examination centres across the country and 34,4807 students registered for the same. These mistakes have been occurring despite CBSE claiming to use technology to ensure smoother and error-free exams. Overall, the accountancy examination was found to be easy by students are complaining of time being wasted over the ‘errors’ in the question paper.

An accountancy teacher from Ratna Memorial Public School, Gorakhpur said, “There were many internal choices which gave more chances to students, question paper was lengthy but easy, we can expect marks above 95 in the examination. However, printing mistakes in question paper have caused confusion among children.”

Meanwhile, CBSE has declared a circular informing they are planning to bring 10th and 12th class results earlier this year as compared to previous years. Reportedly, the result will be announced around May 10.