India’s largest examination centre complex with a seating capacity of about 25,000 candidates at one go will come up in Bihar during the next couple of years.
The state of the art facility equipped with CCTV cameras, jammers and webcast networks, the project will ensure proper transport connectivity including that by metro for the convenience of examinees, examiners, guardians and other related staff. A police contingent barrack will also be built in the complex to ensure round the clock vigil.
The examination hall is the brainchild of Bihar State Examination Board (BSEB) Chairman Anand Kishore and will be developed in the State capital Patna. Besides BSEB’s mandate of conducting secondary and higher school examinations the mega hall will be monetized to use it for academic purposes like holding of entrance and examinations by big establishments like UPSC, BPSC, SSC, Banking Services etc. “This project is very close to my heart due to encouragement received from the Chief Minister (Nitish Kumar). The examination complex will have all international standards technology to ensure a fair examination,” Kishore told The Pioneer.
Credited with changing the secondary examination system in Bihar which was earlier marred by rampant cheatings and unfair means, Kishore was here to inaugurate BSEB’s first Regional Centre in Delhi.
Millions of students who come to Delhi-NCR to pursue higher education every year will be benefited as the facility of collecting migration, duplicate mark sheet, alteration in certificates and certificate verification can be done at the regional office.
Not only this, millions of people working in Delhi-NCR will not have to go to Bihar for the above mentioned works.
Talking about the Bihar Examination complex, a senior BSEB official present at the Delhi RO said it will have 40 halls with an equated seating capacity of 21000 examinees and an another set of 20 halls with a seating capacity of about 4000 candidates for taking online examinations like GMAT, GRE, SAT.
The complex will have facilities for examiners and invigilators like guest rooms, canteens etc. A presentation to this effect has been made by the BSEB Chairman to Chief Minister last week.
Inaugurating the Delhi office, Kishore said the Regional office will help in better coordination with Delhi-based educational institutions including Ministry of Human Resource Development and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
Kishore was brought as Chairman BSEB three years ago after an image of people helping their wards in cheating went viral and at a time when there were reports that students passed their class 10th and 12th examinations even visiting the examination centre and obtain their pass certificates.
Recently Nepal Education Board and Chhattisgarh School Board sought tips and mechanism by BSES in conducting fair examinations.
Ever since the 1996 batch Bihar cadre IAS, took over as BSES Chairman he has enforced strictness by making use technology in the conduct of entire examination process and simultaneously mass suspensions of corrupt officials and action against people involved in corrupt practices.
Now Kishore is popularly known as the Bihar’s Turnaround Man as he in his posting In Patna ensured complete cleansing of the city. Besides BSEB boss, Anand Kishore also heads the State Urban Development department and Patna Metro.