KOLKATA: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) cancelled the ISC chemistry paper 1 examination barely an hour-and-half before start of examination on Monday. By that time, examinees had already started trickling in at their schools. While CISCE did not immediately give reasons and said “unforeseen circumstances” had forced the cancellation, unconfirmed sources said the paper was leaked on social media platforms. The exam has been rescheduled on March 21. A circular sent to principals of all CISCE-affiliated schools at 12.30pm instructed that the question paper packets be handed over to the convener of each centre at the earliest. Most principals TOI spoke to couldn’t recollect any such incident in the recent past but all agreed that the…
