Govt Does Not Want CBSE Chairman to Take Questions from Parliamentary Committee
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New Delhi: Opposition members on Thursday (July 2) sharply reacted to the government’s stance during a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) after the secretary of the Union education ministry, Vineet Joshi, told the committee that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) chief was not bound to answer questions related to the ongoing issues surrounding examinations, The Indian Express reported.
A heated argument erupted during the meeting, which was headed by Congress MP K.C. Venugopal, the chairperson of the committee. The CBSE has been under fire in recent months in light of the serious discrepancies in on-screen marking for its Class 12 examination and the award of the digital evaluation contract to a questionable firm.
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