Two fake circulars announcing the date and time of the ICSE and ISC results and a fake link to a page with the name of the council on social media caused anxiety for thousands of students on Saturday.

ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) examinees kept calling their teachers and checking the website in anticipation of their results.

“The circulars were fake,” Sangeeta Bhatia, deputy secretary of Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), told Metro from Delhi. One of the circulars said the results would be published on May 4 at 1pm while the other one said they would be out on May 7 at 10am.

“The council will take up this matter with police and is waiting for advisers to say what to do,” said a council official in Delhi. Asked if the council would lodge any complaint, the official said: “Yes, we will be doing that.”

A senior officer of Kolkata Police’s detective department said they had not received any complaint till Saturday evening. “We have not received any complaint so far.”

The ICSE and ISC results are usually published by the middle of May and the council makes an announcement before publishing the results. Last year, the results were published on May 14.

Some of the teachers issued their own clarification to anxious students.

“I sent out a message to parents and children saying that one should check the official website of the council and not believe in any other link,” said Souvic Jati, ICSE coordinator of The Heritage School.

The ICSE exam ended on March 28 and ISC on April 4.

“This is a serious harassment of students. Some will be appearing for the Neet (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) on Sunday and they are getting unnecessarily stressed. There should be action against those who are spreading such rumours,” said Rodney Borneo, principal, St Augustine’s Day School Shyamnagar.

Elective subjects

The higher secondary council has announced the list of elective subjects for the segmented Plus-II course. The council has drawn three sets of subjects for candidates to choose from.

The details have been posted on the council’s website. A candidate has to score 35 per cent to be eligible to opt for the elective subjects.