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To ensure zero tolerance for cheating during examinations, the Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training (PSBTE & IT) is adopting strict anti-copying policies in examinations — like shifting all centres of polytechnic and pharmacy colleges to government-run polytechnics and it is, CCTV surveillance, among others.
The state Technical Education and Industrial Training Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Friday said that the Board has taken the decision to ensure zero tolerance for copying or cheating in examinations.
“All the centres of polytechnic and pharmacy colleges will be shifted to government-run Polytechnics and ITIs. Now, it has been made mandatory in the institutes to conduct the examination under CCTV surveillance as Board has spent a significant amount in installing CCTVs in Government Polytechnics and ITIs. The mapping of as many as 220 polytechnic and pharmacy institutes has been done for the ease of students so that no one faces difficulty in reaching his or her exam centre,” he said.
The Minister informed that CCTV Monitoring Board has spent around Rs three crore on installing CCTVs in 26 Government Polytechnics and 115 Government ITIs. CCTV cameras are also installed in newly-inducted centres of Department of Higher Education and Punjabi University Campus, he added.
During these examinations, surprise checking of the exam centres is also conducted by sending the flying squad teams of the officers of department of Technical Education and Technical Education Board. The Minister informed that 14 flying squad teams of Principals have been formed to check district-wise Centres. 13 teams of DTE or Board have been formed to check district-wise Centres. Officials from Deputy Commissioner office also requested to check centres in their respective districts, he added.