Uttar Pradesh High School and Intermediate Board examination, 2018 will commence from February 6. Copying free exams is going to be a challenging task for the government and the secondary education department. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath government has instructed the officials of the education department and the district magistrates to ensure cheating free examination across the state. In 2017 state assembly elections campaign the BJP had made copying a big issue to target the incumbent Akhilesh Yadav led Samajwadi party government.
The deputy Chief Minister and Secondary Education minister Dinesh Sharma said that the state government will take help from Special Task Force (STF) and local Intelligence Unit to curb cheating in high school and Intermediate examinations and also keep an eye on ‘education mafia’ infamous for mass cheating.
“Police is on the job and those taking contracts for ensuring copying at examination centers will land in jail. The number of examinations centers has come down from over 12,000 to 8,500. It has also been ensured that centers have enough space to accommodate students and also provided adequate facilities’’, said Dinesh Sharma.
A total of 67 lakh students will take the UP Board Examination this year. A total of 37,12,508 students are expected to appear for class X exams while around 30,17,032 will appear for class XII exams. The state administration has made arrangements to keep a check on cheating during exams. Applications of 83, 753 students for the examinations were rejected as they were incomplete and lacked required documents.
In Mathura district, notorious for mass copying, 109 static magistrates have been deployed in centers identified as sensitive. The magistrates will also keep a watch on the superintends of the examination centers.
Official sources said that prohibitory orders under section 144 have been promulgated with ban on outsiders within a periphery of 200 meters, and the entire Mathura district. The district has been divided into three super zones, 7 zones and 27 sectors. Seven flying squads would operate in the district during examination. Similar arrangements have been made in other districts too. All the exam centers will be under the surveillance of the CCTV cameras.
Official sources said here that High School examination starting from February 6 will end on February 22 while Intermediate examinations will conclude on March 10 and mark sheets will be available online. District magistrates, district inspectors of school, and joint directors, education department will supervise the whole examinations. State government has geared up to conduct cheating free examination this year. Electronic gadgets will play important role to curb cheating across the state.
Sensitive and highly sensitive areas will be under Special Task Force vigilance along with local police. Centers where girls were allowed to give examination at their own schools will have invigilators from other schools. Center in charges will be responsible if CCTV cameras will not work or damaged.
The secondary education department to cleanse the examination process from this year started the system of allotment of exam centers through online and the number of exam centers has also been reduced to ensure cheating free examination.
The students appearing for Class 10 and Class 12 Uttar Pradesh board exams will have to carry their Aadhaar cards along with admit cards to sit in the board exams. The students who fail to carry their Aadhaar cards will not be allowed to sit for the exams will be under the surveillance of the CCTV cameras. The invigilators will carry their Aadhaar card with them in schools during examinations.