Message circulated to protest ‘tough’ maths paper fake: Cops

As the message spread, students got busy contacting their classmates about it. Sent by an unknown sender, the message read: “We, the students of Class XI, are totally depressed after seeing our Maths question paper and the way the question was set without any logic. This issue must become something big so that we get justice”. 

The message further claimed that the Maths question paper not only upset the students but also got parents and teachers worried. “So, we request you to assemble at Marina beach, Chennai on April 14 between 9 am to 9.30 am to show our pain,” the message read. 

“Once I saw the message, I called my class teacher immediately in the morning and enquired about it. My teacher — who also received the same message — said that it is a fake one and deliberate attempt to confuse the students,” said S Kavitha, a class 11 student from a higher secondary school at Pallavaram.

Police sources also confirmed that the message was intended to create panic among students. “Protest or any kind of gathering at Marina beach was banned several months ago. Hence, students should not believe such messages,” a senior police official said.

Several students of Class 11 who had taken the State board examination last Wednesday claimed that question under various sections of Mathematics paper were quite difficult. 

They had said that one-word questions and compulsory question section were hard to answer. The students also complained that the compulsory questions were not taken from the student’s exercise book. 

More than 8.6 lakh students of Class 11 are slated to take the exams till April 9.