After the admit card of a Secondary Teacher Eligibility Test (STET) candidate with an image of a South Indian actress went viral, the Bihar School Examination Board has issued a discover to the candidate from Jehanabad. The candidate, who has cleared the examination, might face strict motion together with cancellation of his/her end result for “bringing derogatory name” within the state board.
The matter got here to mild when RJD chief Ritu Jaiswal first shared a video on social media. The video reveals a complainant explaining how Rishikesh Kumar, a resident of Jehanabad, had uploaded an image of actress Anupama Parameswaran. The complainant questioned how a male scholar was allowed to write down STET when his admit card had {a photograph} of a lady. The complainant additionally questioned whether or not another person had written the examination in his place. Although the candidate has cleared the examination, his/her title shouldn’t be within the advantage record for the upcoming vacancies of academics. The STET 2019 outcomes have been launched between March and June this yr for varied topics.
Kumar, nevertheless, mentioned the error occurred when the admit card was being uploaded. “I had applied for rectification, but it was not done,” he mentioned.
A state board official opposed the candidate’s model. “It is the sole responsibility of the candidate who fills the online form to give correct credentials. It is true that the error should have been detected during the examination. Still, the candidate has defamed the name of the state board,” he mentioned.
Bihar Education Department Additional Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar mentioned, “We have taken the matter seriously and appropriate action will be taken against those responsible for this.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
