About 2.81 lakh students in the State would appear in their Class X and Class XII board examinations from Monday and Tuesday respectively. Around 1.49 lakh students would appear in their Class X board examination while 1.32 lakh students would appear in the Class XII board examinations. All the necessary arrangements have been made to conduct free and fair Uttarakhand Board examinations in the State, said State Education director RK Kunwar while talking to The Pioneer on Sunday.
He appealed the board examinees to appear in their examination without fear or tension to secure good marks in their board examination. The director informed that Class X examination will begin from Monday and will continue till March 26. Class XII students would appear in Hindi paper in their examination from March 6 and the examinations would continue till March 24. However, students who had opted drawing and painting in Class XII would appear in this paper on March 26. The students of class X will appear for the Hindi question-paper on the first day of their examination.
Kunwar further informed that district has been divided into sectors wherein Tehsildar and other gazetted officers have been made in-charge of the sector to complete the examination peacefully. District administration has enforced section 144 of CrPC within 100 metres of examination centre. Flying squad has been formed at various levels- district, division and state level and senior education officers have been included in flying squad. Police personnel of the rank of sub-inspector would be part of flying squad, he said, adding that the use of loud speaker near examination centres and in residential localities has been restricted during the examination period on the direction of state chief secretary. Centre superintendent has been empowered as special magistrate during examination. Superintendents have been made responsible for ensuring examination free of malpractices at their respective centres. The director further informed that a total of 1309 examination centres have been made in government high schools and inter colleges with 230 examination centres being identified as sensitive and 28 centres as ultra sensitive in the state. Adequate number of police personnel have been deployed to conduct peaceful examination at each sensitive and ultra sensitive examination centre in the state. Students will be allowed to enter the examination hall at 9.30 am. Centre examination in charge and two other assistants will be available at each school for conducting free and fair examination. Flying squads comprising education department officials have been assigned target for visiting the schools for conducting inspections, he added.