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Web desk(National Times)- Indian authorities have removed top education bosses from the exam board after marking failures in tests taken by nearly two million high school students sparked outrage and calls for protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The controversy, after the board acknowledged cybersecurity vulnerabilities in a digital marking system, is the latest to rock India\u2019s examination system, sparking mounting criticism of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board\u2019s chairman Rahul Singh and secretary Himanshu Gupta were transferred to other government departments, according to an order issued late Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anger at the CBSE erupted last month when 19-year-old cybersecurity researcher Nisarga Adhikary alleged that weaknesses in a new marking system could compromise grading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 1.8 million students took the CBSE 12th grade examination this year, the final test before graduating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CBSE said the online marking system, deployed this year, was aimed at increasing \u201caccuracy and efficiency\u201d of results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But many students said it had assigned incorrect grades or issued results to the wrong students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CBSE said it has \u201ccontained\u201d vulnerabilities identified and launched a re-evaluation portal for students complaining of incorrect grades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Call for protests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

But anger has mounted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Young Indians are pressing for the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, while online satirical group, the \u201cCockroach Janta Party<\/a>\u201d, has called for peaceful protests on Saturday in New Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abhijeet Dipke, a 30-year-old Boston University graduate behind the online movement, said he would return to India to lead a demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parody \u201cCockroach Janta Party\u201d (CJP) \u2014 echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) \u2014 has won millions of followers on social media since its launch last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonam Wangchuk, 59, a prominent activist from the held-Ladakh region, who spent six months in detention after being arrested in September following deadly protests demanding autonomy for the Himalayan territory, has said he will join the protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The controversy follows a separate examination scandal last month, when authorities scrapped the nationwide medical college entrance exam after investigators uncovered a question paper leak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indian media reported suicides of teenagers following the fiasco over the National Eligibility Entrance Test, one of the country\u2019s most competitive exams and attracting millions of candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exam has been rescheduled for later this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India\u2019s Central Bureau of Investigation arrested the \u201ckingpin\u201d it alleged was behind the leak, naming him as a chemistry lecturer involved in the examination process on behalf of the National Testing Agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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