The Class X Hindi examination of the Uttarakhand Board was held on Friday. A total of 1,68,022 candidates were enrolled for the examination. In view of sheer number of aspirants, the Uttarakhand Vidhyalayi Shiksha Parishad (UVSP) had deployed more than 22000 teachers as invigilators in the biggest examination.
The Secretary of UVSP, R D Sharma told The Pioneer that the examination was conducted peacefully and without major hitch in all the examination centres across the state. He said that no incidence of copying or adopting unfair means was reported in the examination. Sharma said that the flying squad caught three students who were indulging in unfair means in the Hindi examination of class X on Thursday from Government Inter College (GIC) Sendhikhal in Pauri district.
The UPSV Secretary informed that 168022 and 135650 candidates are enrolled in class X and XII examinations respectively and 1317 examination centres are set up for the purpose across the State.
The Board has categorised 245 examination centres as sensitive while 26 are under hyper sensitive category. For free and fair conduction of the board examinations four flying squads headed by Director General (DG) of school education, Director secondary, Director Primary and Additional Director (headquarters) respectively are setup at the level of education directorate.
The board has constituted three squads headed by secretary and two additional secretaries. Apart from them three flying squads headed by respective Chief Education Officer (CEO) and District Education Officer (DEO) Primary and Secondary are deployed for the examination. Flying squads headed by respective Block Education Officers (BEO) in every block are also set up.