The much awaited +2 examination which started on Wednesday passed off peacefully on the first day. According to information available, under Brahmapur zone, a total of 65,110 examinees from eight southern districts including Ganjam appeared examination at 179 centres.
According to sources, a girl student was booked for malpractice at Kailashpur examination Center in Rayagada district. The CHSE has constituted a strong squad system to keep strict vigil on the examinees resorting to unfair practice in the examination hall.
The district administration has also deployed adequate security personnel to prevent any untoward incident. The examination in other districts such as in Kandhamal, Boudh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Koraput, Nabarangapur, and Malakangiri are reportedly peaceful, claimed Deputy Secretary of the +2 Regional Council Dr Kulamani Ojha.
Faculty members of colleges, including 662 and 488 category block grant colleges who called off their strike and joined the examination duties, are participating in the examination.
Examinations are being conducted in both private, private-aided and Government colleges including Sashibhusan Government Women’s College, Mahamayee Womens College, Khallikote College, City College and Binayak Acharya College, etc. The examinees seem to be quite enthusiastic in appearing their first sitting examination in Arts, Science, and Commerce, regular, ex-regular, including candidates under correspondence courses.
The teachers of 662 block grant category colleges are doig examination duties by wearing black badges demanding release of full grant. They will resume the agitation again after the +2 examination is over, said ANGOlIA Gajapati district president Anil Kumar Tripathy.
However, the examination in three examination centers under Aska Block and NAC passed off peacefully, sources said. On the first day of the examination in +2 Science English papers, only six out of 325 examinees were found absent in the examination. Similarly, three out of 167 candidates in Aska Science College; one out of 51 examinees in Niranjana Government Women’s College; and only two out of 107 candidates in NBC College Kendupadar were found absent. Significantly, the block grant teachers of colleges of Chief Minister’s home constituency Hinjilikatu are doing invigilation work by bearing black badges. A total of 704 examinees appeared in two examination centers, namely at Hinjilikatu Science College and K Dora Science College.