The annual High School Certificate (HSC) examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Examination (BSE) has started in Koraput district, with special preparation made in the Maoist-hit areas.
The examination will continue for 11 days and each sitting is held from 9 am to 11:30 am. Special measures have been taken to prevent malpractice and ensure smooth functioning of the sittings.
According to district Collector Jay Ku V, a special task force has been made to tackle all eventualities and maintain discipline in the exam. The team led by DEO Koraput Markata Keshar Rai has been assigned to oversee the entire process of exams. The district administration is taking a strict vigil. CCTVs have been installed at sensitive centres to stop malpractice.
Rai said that more than five squads have been formed to smoothly operate the exams.
The examination is conducted in a total of eight nodal centers controlling 62 examination centres. Places like Bandhugaon, lakhmipur Narayanpatna and lamtaput which are coming in the Red zone, the nearest police stations have been tagged as the nodal centres. Special armed forces have been also been deployed to smoothly transfer the papers from the nodal centres to the examination centres.