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GUWAHATI, March 18 : The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) today demanded the State Government to institute a probe into the alleged gross irregularities in the printing of the question papers of High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) and Higher Secondary examination held in the current session.

The students’ body pointed out that the students appearing in the HSLC exams under the Board of Secondary Education of Assam (SEBA) had to appear for 102 marks in Assamese instead of 100, while in the HS exams the candidates were put against questions outside their respective courses in subjects like Biology, English and Advance Assamese.

“This is sheer injustice done against the students and the authorities responsible for it should be punished,” AASU adviser Dr Samujjal Bhattacharya demanded while speaking to reporters here today.

Dr Bhattacharya insisted that the State Government must sort out a mechanism to make up for the injustice done to the candidates who appeared in the examination.

“This is not the first time that such gross irregularities have cropped up. We, in the recent years, have seen a series of such instances, which has emerged as threat to the future of the students,” he asserted, adding that the students’ body in view of the gross irregularities would stage protest rally in all district headquarters of the State and also submit a memorandum to the Governor through the Deputy Commissioner.

AASU general secretary Tapan Kumar Gogoi while endorsing the need for streamlining the examination system said that the recurring goof ups made by the SEBA and the Council proves their inefficiency and lack of transparency.

“In spite of getting all the facilities from the Government, one fail to understand as to where lies the problem,” AASU president Sankar Prasad Rai stated.

The AASU will also observe March 18 as black day against the merciless attack on the teachers, who were demanding provincialisation of schools, on Monday and would also move the Human Rights Commission against the ‘atrocity’.

Meanwhile, a team of AASU would meet the commission constituted to inquire into the alleged scam in the re-examination system of HSLC.

The students’ body had earlier alleged that there exists gross anomalies in the entire system of re-examination and it had proves to establish its allegation.