The year in exam integrity

2016

3 examinations were publicly reported as compromised in 2016, across 3 jurisdictions.


Incidents
3
reported in 2016
Confirmed
2
67% of the year
Candidates affected
25.8thousand
reported in 1 incidents
Exams voided
2
cancelled or re-held
Arrests recorded
17
across 1 incidents
Central vs state
1 / 2
conducting bodies

Where the 2016 incidents were recorded

  • Confirmed
  • Alleged
  • Suspected
  • Denied

Incidents spanning two states are counted in both.

Show the numbers
PlaceConfirmedAllegedSuspectedDeniedTotal
All India00011
Uttarakhand10001
West Bengal10001

The record

Every incident recorded in 2016

Showing 3 incidents. Select any row for the full record.

Documented Indian examination leak incidents, sortable by column.
Outcome
≈May 2016NEET-UG 2016 (Phase II)
CBSE · Central
All India Denied None
6 Mar 2016Village Panchayat Development Officer (VPDO/VDO) recruitment exam
UKSSSC · State
Uttarakhand Confirmed17 Cancelled Probe FIR
≈2016State Level Selection Test (SLST) 2016 teacher & Group C/D recruitment
WBSSC · State
West Bengal Confirmed25.8k Cancelled Probe

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This record is incomplete. Help finish it.

Every row here is one news report away from being verifiable — and there are leaks we have certainly missed, especially state recruitment exams before 2015 and cases reported only in regional-language press. The dataset is one CSV file. Adding to it takes a pull request.

1 Find a source. A named news report, court order, official notice or RTI reply. One incident, one primary link.
2 Add one row to exam_leaks.csv. Leave a field blank rather than guessing it.
3 Open a pull request. A preview build validates the row; a maintainer checks the source against the claim.
4 Not a coder? Open an issue with the link and we will transcribe it for you.