Punjab Government on Tuesday made it clear that it would adopt a ‘zero tolerance policy’ towards copying in the ITI examinations, which are being conducted in the State.
Taking a strong notice of reports of interference in the ongoing exams of ITIs at Patiala and Moga, the State Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday called an urgent meeting of the senior officials of the department.
Channi gave a stern message that anyone found creating obstacles in the ITI exams would be dealt strictly at the department level and police case would be registered.
The Minister directed the officials of the department to personally conduct surprise checking of all the examination centers, especially examination centers set up in the remote areas, and daily report should be submitted to him.
At the same time, he said that he himself would also make surprise visits to the examination centres.
Channi said that to stop cheating in exams, the department has mostly made examination centres at the Government institutes. But due to technical reasons, some centres were set up at private institutes, he said.
He said that to stop involvement of private institutes in copying in the examination centres set up in the private institutes, the Government employee was made superintendent.