Calcutta High Court Seeks Report on Keeping Student Identities Secret in Madhyamik-HS Exams

• The Calcutta High Court has requested detailed information from the state on how to keep students' names and roll numbers confidential on Madhyamik and Higher Secondary exam answer sheets.
• The division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Pal and Justice Parthasarathi Sen directed the State School Education Department, WBBSE, and WBCHSE to submit a report.
• A PIL was filed claiming that writing names and roll numbers on answer sheets allows evaluators to show favoritism.
• The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education argued that no favoritism complaints have arisen in seven decades and that only the state can change such policy.
• Chief Justice Sujoy Pal stated that keeping student information confidential is not 'rocket science' and the state can easily implement it.