For ensuring fair and copying free board examinations, the Education Minister of Uttarakhand, Arvind Pandey took a meeting with senior officers of state and districts on Monday.
Addressing the meeting which was attended by all district magistrates and Senior Superintendents (SSP), Superintendent of Police (SP) and district level officers by video conferencing, the minister said that the question papers should be kept in double locks to ensure their safety. He directed that a sector magistrate should be appointed for every 10 to 12 schools. The invigilators should not leave their rooms and they should not carry mobile phones. The minister added that necessary arrangements should be made for the physically challenged and the secretary of Uttarakhand board should provide a list of centres to the district administration concerned where chances of mass cheating are comparatively higher. He said that police personnel should be deployed at all sensitive and ultra sensitive examination centres.
In the meeting the minister also reviewed the monthly examinations of the schools conducted recently and suggestions of the parents for the purpose. It was decided that the monthly examinations would be held on last Monday or Tuesday of the month and parents would be invited to discuss the progress of child on last Saturday of the month. Pandey appreciated the monthly examinations and termed it as a unique attempt to improve quality of education.
The Minister also directed the administrative officers that they should ensure that only books of NCERT are prescribed by the schools.
The minister was informed that the process of categorizing schools on the basis of accessibility would be completed by the end of March.
In the meeting the management of Centralised kitchen for preparing Mid Day Meal (MDM) by Akshya Parta scheme of Hans Foundation was applauded by the minister. He asked the district administration of Udham Singh Nagar to make sure that the centralised kitchen in Gadarpur starts in ten days.
The meeting was attended by Secretary Education Bhupinder Kaur Olakh, DG education Captain Alok Shekhar Tiwari, Director Education R K Kunwar and other officers of the department.