The Board of School Education, Haryana (BSEH) has registered as many as 4976 cases of unfair means of copying (UMC) during the class X and XII Board examinations.
About 8.25 lakh students of class X and class XII appeared in the examinations which concluded on April 4. The results of Secondary and Senior Secondary (Educational) examinations will be announced on May 20 by the Board.
During last year examination, 5300 UMC cases were registered.
Dr Jagbir Singh, Chairman of Board of School Education, Haryana, said that this year, effective steps were taken to keep a check on UMC cases. This has led to registration of 4976 UMC cases in the state.
The policy of zero tolerance adopted by the government and Education Board has proved very effective. The examinations have concluded peacefully on April 4 with the operation of the re-examination, said Singh.
In these examinations, 8, 25,740 candidates had appeared. For them 1,758 examination centers had been set up across the state, said he.
Singh said that for dereliction of duty, 108 teachers, including superintendents, deputy superintendents, supervisors and observers were removed from the examination duty.
He informed that 28 examination centers of secondary and senior secondary schools of different districts were also shifted.
In order to ensure the smooth conduct of the examinations at centers across the state, 22,815 supervisors and 1,758 superintendents were appointed and 334 flying squads were set up to inspect the examination centers and as per the requirement, the number of flying squads were increased from time to time, said he.