The Bihar School Examination Control Board has ordered a probe into the class 12 exam results and the toppers after a video showed that they have no knowledge about the subject they had studied.
In the video, the state arts topper Ruby Rai was seen mispronouncing 'political science' and calling it prodigal science. The 17-year-old managed an impressive 88.8% despite the fact that she thinks political science is a subject which deals with food.
Similarly, another video showed state science topper Saurabh Shrestha having no knowledge of the periodic table. Shrestha, who had scored 485 out of 500 marks, failed to answer questions related to electron and proton.
The board has also stayed the results of class 12 science and arts toppers and decided to conduct their interviews. A special team will also re-evaluate their answer sheets.
An embarrassed Bihar government has also asked the 10 top scorers among the nearly 15 lakh students in Bihar to take another exam within the next week. Education Minister Ashok Choudhary conceded that it appears that either proxies took the exam for the students or the answer sheets submitted by the students were replaced later.
"I admit there has been some lapses somewhere," he said.
A few days ago, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had boasted about the fact that a crackdown on cheating had brought the pass percentage in this year's board exams down to 44. But the current embarrassment equals the 2015 photo when spiderman stunts of guardians trying to help their kids cheat went viral on the Internet.
This year, alarmed by the stunts, examinations were conducted with strict vigil. But the results reveal many undeserving students have not only passed but topped the exams. It was managed allegedly with the help of swapping of answer sheets after the examinations were over.
The Bharatiya Janata Party was quick to step in with their prognosis.
"The education system has collapsed in Bihar," Sushil Modi, BJP leader and former deputy chief minister, said.
It is clear that the rot in Bihar's education system runs deep and cases of Ruby and Saurabh are just the tip of the iceberg.
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