Shimla, May 23 -- It is better late than never - an idiom suits best to Himachal Pradesh school education board which finally has decided to award full credit (marks) -in accordance with the rules-for those specific questions that were found to have been tampered with in the answer sheets after the forensic investigation confirmed tampering with answer sheets of Class 10 exam held in 2025.

The case involving gross negligence and tampering within the examination system of the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE) had come to light in the evaluation of Class 10 examination papers held in 2025 of students of Jeora School in Jhandutta subdivision of Bilaspur and the forensic report had confirmed deliberate tampering of answer s...