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Maharashtra Board Suspends 81 in Exam Cheating Crackdown, Logs 237 HSC Cases

Officials credit tighter CCTV-backed vigilance for a year-on-year drop in detected malpractices.

Overview

  • The board says investigations are ongoing, with nine police cases registered tied to the ongoing examinations.
  • A suspected mass-copying incident involving 581 Class 12 students at a Washim centre during the February 16 Physics paper is under probe.
  • Suspensions are concentrated in Washim (28), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (21) and Beed (18), indicating clusters of irregularities.
  • Detected HSC malpractices stand at 237 this year versus 353 last year, led by 59 cases in the Amravati division.
  • For SSC, 49 copying cases have been recorded so far versus 92 last year, and the board reports no prima facie evidence of a Mathematics paper leak.