The year in exam integrity

2020

4 examinations were publicly reported as compromised in 2020, across 4 jurisdictions.


Incidents
4
reported in 2020
Confirmed
4
100% of the year
Candidates affected
84.8thousand
reported in 3 incidents
Exams voided
3
cancelled or re-held
Arrests recorded
40
across 3 incidents
Central vs state
0 / 4
conducting bodies

Where the 2020 incidents were recorded

  • Confirmed
  • Alleged
  • Suspected
  • Denied

Incidents spanning two states are counted in both.

Show the numbers
PlaceConfirmedAllegedSuspectedDeniedTotal
Assam10001
Maharashtra10001
Punjab10001
Rajasthan10001

The record

Every incident recorded in 2020

Showing 4 incidents. Select any row for the full record.

Documented Indian examination leak incidents, sortable by column.
Outcome
6 Dec 2020Junior Engineer (JEN) recruitment exam
RSMSSB · State
Rajasthan
Jaipur
Confirmed24 Cancelled FIR Retest
11 Oct 2020Medical Officer (Dental) recruitment test
BFUHS · State
Punjab
leak traced to Goindwal Sahib, Tarn Taran
Confirmed11k Cancelled Retest
20 Sep 2020Sub-Inspector (unarmed branch) written exam
SLPRB · State
Assam Confirmed366k Cancelled FIR
≈2020Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2020
MSCE · State
Maharashtra Confirmed137.8k FIR 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.