Dehradun

Dist admin arrangements in place to ensure fair State board exams

PNS

The examination of Uttarakhand board of school education for class 10 and 12 which began on Friday will see a total of 42,742 students appearing in the examination at 85 centres across the district. The district administration and education department have made arrangements to ensure fair examinations. The examinations would conclude on April  10.

 This time, 23,895 students are appearing for class 10 examinations while 18,777 students, for intermediate examination. The district education department has made a control room for the dissemination of examination- related information. The phone number issued by the department is 01334-239158. Any person may call on this number to get information related to the examination centre or time table.

 Speaking to The Pioneer, in-charge district education officer Pushpa Rani said, “For the smooth conduct of exams, centre coordinators have been appointed on all the 85 centres. At each examination hall, an invigilator has been deputed. Provisions have been made to keep set of the question papers under double locking system. Six flying squads have been deployed too for fair conduct of the examination.”

 The district magistrate S A Murugeshan said “Eight sector magistrates have been appointed while the additional district magistrate Abhishek Tripathi has been made the nodal officer. Besides, additional district magistrate Manish Singh would work as the zonal magistrate while Kaustubh Mishra has been appointed as zonal magistrate of laksar, Anil Gabryal of Bhagwanpur and Mayur Dixit of Roorkee.”