The Uttarakhand Vidhyalayi Shiksha Parishad (UVSP) and the State Education Department are geared up for a successful conduct of the Board examinations commencing on Tuesday. The examination of Class XII would start on Tuesday while the Class X examination would commence on Wednesday.
The Secretary of Ramnagar based UVSP, which conducts the State Board examination, DK Mathela, told The Pioneer that all the preparations for the examinations were complete now. Around 1,304 centres across the 13 districts of the State were constituted for conducting the exams. Around 252 examination centres were categorised as sensitive, while 34 were in hyper-sensitive category, he added.
The data releasesd by the Board revealed that 4,719 more candidates have enrolled themselves in Class XII examination this year than last year, while in Class X the number of students dropped marginally by 1.636. A total of 1,43,915 students were enrolled for Class XII and 173,226 candidates were listed to appear in Class X examination this year.
Mathela said the question papers of the examination were kept in tight security and all the Chief Education Officers (CEO) have been directed to keep a strict vigil on the process of examination in their districts. The students would not be allowed to take the mobile phones in the examination centres, he informed.
The Board Secretary said that flying squads were constituted at district levels to prevent malpractices during the examination. The districts had set up 4-9 squads depending on the requirement. In addition, the Education Department and the UVSP have also constituted special teams for the examination. The assessment of the answer sheets of the board examination would start from April 10 at 29 centres created especially for the purpose. After examinations the answer sheets would be collected at 31 collection centres. In Dehradun district 16,619 regular and 441 private students would participate in the Class X exam; 13,895 regular and 830 private students would take part in class XII examination.