Maharashtra Exam Council Rejects Claims of TET Paper Leak, Calls Report ‘Misleading and Unfounded’
Pune, 25th November 2025: Amid swirling reports of a purported Rs 3-lakh Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leak, the Maharashtra State Examination Council has issued a strong denial, asserting that the exam conducted on November 23 was carried out under a tightly controlled, tamper-proof system. Examination Commissioner Anuradha Oak described the media claims—published by Marathi daily Lokmat—as “baseless, incorrect, and misleading.”
The Council moved quickly to clarify its position after the November 24 report alleged that a group of teachers had been arrested for selling the TET question paper. Officials said the referenced incident had “no connection whatsoever” with the state-conducted TET.
Council Outlines High-Security Question Paper Protocol
To counter the allegations, the Council detailed the multilayered system used for preparing, transporting, and securing TET question papers:
Confidential preparation of question sets by subject experts, sealed immediately after compilation
Random selection of the final set for printing
Printing carried out at a confidential press with strict secrecy norms
Packing of classroom-wise sealed paper packets into security boxes
Transportation of boxes in sealed vehicles to districts
Safekeeping of boxes in treasuries or CCTV-monitored secure facilities with armed police
Acceptance of boxes only after verifying seals in the presence of district officials
Officials said the process is designed to ensure that leakage is “practically impossible” given the number of checks, recordings, and safeguards built into the system.
According to the Council, security was heightened further on the day of the examination. Zonal officers received the sealed boxes under video surveillance, and footage recorded the movement of the boxes up to the exam centres. At each centre, the sealed packets were opened in front of candidates, adhering strictly to the Council’s established protocol.
In its statement, the Council emphasised that it had not received a single complaint from any district about broken seals, tampered packets, or questionable vehicle movement.
“From the confidential printing press to the examination hall, the entire chain of custody was maintained without deviation. There is absolutely no link between the Council and the alleged incident in Kolhapur mentioned by the newspaper,” Commissioner Oak noted.
