Himachal Pradesh Board 2025: The Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE) has rescheduled the class 12th English paper date. According to the schedule, the Class 12 English exam will now be conducted on March 25. Earlier, it was scheduled for March 8. The exam will be conducted in the second shift from 2 pm to 5 pm. This change has been made due to a suspected paper leak.
As per a report by PTI, The breach was detected at Government Senior Secondary School, Chowari, in District Chamba where the teachers by mistake opened the English question paper of Class 12 in place of Class 10. The HPBOSE Class 12 exams 2025 are scheduled from March 4 to March 29. According to the schedule, the English paper of Class 10 was on March 7 while the English paper of Class 12 was on March 8. According to an official notification issued by the Board, an anonymous complaint was received on March 7, alleging that the Class 12 English question paper had been opened before the scheduled date and time.
The Board promptly investigated the matter and verified the claim using video evidence from the "Exam Mitra App", a new monitoring system introduced to enhance examination security. After that, the board officials cancelled the exam statewide.
According to the official data, this year, around 1.95 lakh students will appear for the Class 10 and 12 board exams. The board has increased the number of exam centres from 2,250 last year to 2,300 this year. To ensure the fairness in the examination procedure, the board has deployed flying squads to prevent cheating at the examination centres.