Patna: Ruby Rai, the Bihar School Examination Board’s (BSEB)
topper from the arts stream was arrested on Saturday following t re-examination
of total 14 candidates. This action was a follow up of Rai’s interview to a
local TV channel after the board results where she said that, “Prodikal (read
political) science is about cooking.”
Apart from Ruby, non-bailable arrest warrant was also
issued against the three other toppers - science topper Saurbabh Shrestha,
third topper Rahul Kumar and Shalini Rai. Ruby was accused of cheating earlier
this month when BSEB has ordered a special task force to investigate the
matter.
Reports are that during her re-test, Rai said to the panel
of examiners that she read the syllabus for two long years for the final board
examinations but forgot by now. “She claimed to have studied for the
examination for two years but could not remember anything,” said one of the
examiners in the panel, requesting his anonymity. “Her answer shocked the
entire panel and everyone was left wondering how this girl had topped,” he
added later.
Rai is a 17-year-old student who scored 444 out of 500 in
the Class 12 board examinations. She had been sent to Beur jail in Patna and
will have to prove her being a juvenile before the court taken any action
against her.
Reports are that the Ruby Rai’s arrest has unveiled a part
of Bihar’s educational system that was already under scan but managed to
out-focus the spotlight from last few years. The BSEB is already infamous for
supporting cheating rackets and allowing wrong candidates for board examinations.
Following Rai’s arrest, former BSEB chairman Lalkeshwar
Prasad and his wife, who is a former Janata Dal-United MLA were arrested with
20 more people by the special investigation team.
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