<p>Bengaluru: Miscreants across the state continue to indulge in the sale of fake question papers for the SSLC examinations, which are currently under way in Karnataka. Worse still, many students continue to fall prey to such schemes, wasting precious time on these fake question papers on the eve of the examination.</p>.<p>On Sunday evening, fake question papers for Mathematics, for which the exam was held on Monday, started circulating online, with papers even being uploaded on YouTube. Parents and representatives of various schools promptly alerted the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB), which registered a case with the cyber police and an FIR was registered.</p>.<p>KSEAB director (exams) Gopalakrishna H N told DH, “We have filed a complaint against the miscreants. Since we have introduced coding for each centre, verifying authenticity of papers is easy. I appeal to students not to fall prey to these miscreants.”</p>.<p>The Associated Management of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka has petitioned Minister for School Education and Literacy Madhu Bangarappa demanding action to put an end to this persistent problem. It urged to invoke provisions of the IT Act against the miscreants.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, 18,554 students were reported absent for the Maths exam. No incident of malpractice was reported. </p>
<p>Bengaluru: Miscreants across the state continue to indulge in the sale of fake question papers for the SSLC examinations, which are currently under way in Karnataka. Worse still, many students continue to fall prey to such schemes, wasting precious time on these fake question papers on the eve of the examination.</p>.<p>On Sunday evening, fake question papers for Mathematics, for which the exam was held on Monday, started circulating online, with papers even being uploaded on YouTube. Parents and representatives of various schools promptly alerted the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB), which registered a case with the cyber police and an FIR was registered.</p>.<p>KSEAB director (exams) Gopalakrishna H N told DH, “We have filed a complaint against the miscreants. Since we have introduced coding for each centre, verifying authenticity of papers is easy. I appeal to students not to fall prey to these miscreants.”</p>.<p>The Associated Management of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka has petitioned Minister for School Education and Literacy Madhu Bangarappa demanding action to put an end to this persistent problem. It urged to invoke provisions of the IT Act against the miscreants.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, 18,554 students were reported absent for the Maths exam. No incident of malpractice was reported. </p>