Bihar STET 2019 cancelled after investigation reveals paper leak; Re-exam to be held soon

Bihar STET 2019, that was conducted on January 28, has been cancelled after investigation committee found irregularities in the exam, re-exam to be held soon.

Bihar STET 2020 has been cancelled by Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) after prove by investigation committee revealed multiple irregularities and incident of paper leak in the exam. Re-exam notice is expected soon.

Bihar STET was conducted on January 28, 2020. Re-exam was held in four centres was held in February 26. A total of 2 lakh 47 thousand 241 candidates had appeared for the BSTET 2020 that was conducted in two shifts across 317 centres, paper for both the shifts have been cancelled. After the investigation committee report, BSEB has notified on Saturday regarding cancelation of BSTET 2019 and the ensuing re-examination. Notice regarding re-exam will be published soon.

Probe by a four member investigation committee headed by Chief Vigilance Officer Nilkamal revealed that chaos was created by candidates in several centres including Gaya, Gopalganj, Saharsa, Muzaffarpur and Patna. These candiadtes walked out of the exam centres with question papers and later they circulated them on social media.
BSEB chairman Anand Kishor said the board would again conduct BSTET 2019 exam and a proposal regarding the same has been sent to the Bihar education department.

Bihar STET is conducted to recruit teachers for secondary and higher secondary levels under Bihar givernmnet schools. The exam comprises two paper, paper 1 and paper 2. Paper 1 is for secondary (Class 9- 10) level and paper 2 is for higher secondary level (Class 11- 12).
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