Ruby Ray scored 444 out of 500 marks in her intermediate exams.

The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has ordered a probe into the results of toppers of intermediate exams a couple of days after Aaj Tak showed a report highlighting their poor knowledge about the subjects they had excelled in.

The BSEB has put on hold the results of Arts topper Ruby Ray and Science topper Saurabh Sreshtha. The board has announced a review exam for both of them on June 3.

EDUCATION MINISTER ADMITS LAPSE

The Aaj Tak video report, which has gone viral now, has raised serious questions over the Bihar government's education system. State Education Minister Ashok Chaudhury has admitted the lapse.

Choudhury has assured a swift probe into the issue and said the government will take strict action against those responsible.

"I agree that there has been some lapse. But you can't raise questions over the whole examination system due to a couple of such cases," Choudhury said.

POLITICAL SCIENCE IS ABOUT COOKING!

Hajipur's Ruby Ray has scored 444 out of 500 marks in her intermediate exams but she was clueless when Aaj Tak asked some basic questions about her core subjects.

"Prodigal (read political) science is about cooking ," she said when asked what political science is all about.

Ruby is not alone. Science topper Saurabh Shrestha, who scored 485 out of 500 marks, failed to answer a simple Chemistry question.

However, Saurav's neighbour claimed that Saurav had failed in Class XII CBSE exams in which he appeared a year ago (2015).



"Most reactive element in the periodic table is aluminium," Saurabh said replying to the question.

CHEATING RAMPANT IN BIHAR BOARD EXAMS

Bihar Board's class 10 and 12 exams have hogged headlines every year due to the rampant mass cheating. Every year, reports and visuals surface of guardians and friends helping their wards cheat in the exams.

However, this year, the Nitish government took some tough measures to ensure cheating-free exams. All the examination centres were put under CCTV surveillance.

The authorities had even announced a fine of up to Rs 10,000 on students found using unfair means and punish the guardians found helping their child cheating.

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