The examinations of Uttarakhand Vidhyalayi Shiksha Parishad (UVSP), popularly called Uttarakhand Board, would commence from March 17. In Dehradun, the Board has set up 129 examination centres for the students enrolled in the examination.
The Chief Education Officer (CEO) of Dehradun Mukul Kumar Sati told ‘The Pioneer’ that eight examination centres are marked sensitive while there is no ultra sensitive examination centre in the district. He said that all preparation for holding a fair examination has been made. Sati said that strict action would be taken against those found using unfair means in the examination. The authorities have constituted four district level flying squads to keep an eye on the examination. Apart from them squads headed by Block Education Officers (BEOs) would also keep moving in their respective blocks. In Dehradun district alone 27932 students are enrolled in the class X and XII examination of Uttarakhand board.
In Uttarakhand, the UVSP has set up 1319 examination centres for the board examinations. It has marked 250 centres as sensitive while 24 centres are ultra sensitive in nature. The UVSP officials informed that 153813 students are enrolled in class X examinations while 133417 students are slated to sit in class XII examination this year.
In class X, a total of 148230 regular students are enrolled for the examination while the number of Private students is 5583. In class XII, the number of regular and private students is 125087 and 8330 respectively. The board has set up 35 collection centres where the answer sheets of the students would be collected after the examination.