SRINAGAR, OCT 23 (PTK): The Jammu and Kashmir state board of school education has issued strict directions to curb cheating during board exams that started on Thursday 25 Oct of 12th class.
Official sources from JKBOSE told Press Trust of Kashmir, that Section 144 has been enforced near the exams examination to curb cheating and other malpractices and he has ordered that no person will be allowed to operate photocopy machine, fax or the internet within 200 metres of the exam centres across the district.
He further directed that no person will be allowed to use sound producing instruments in a 100-yard area around an exam centre. Also, the DC has written to the commissioner of police seeking deployment of police personnel near the exam centres to ensure law and order and avoid disruption and disturbance by anti-social elements in and around the examination centres.
The Jammu and Kashmir state board examination held from today 25 Oct to Nov 15. Strict vigil will be kept at all centres to ensure smooth conduct of the eams. No candidate will be allowed into the examination centre without a hall ticket.
The JKBOSE Class 12 board exams started today till Nov 15, the officials said. However they further added that all stakeholders have been asked to put in place measures to check copying.
They added “we want to conduct a fair and transparent examination and the board has prepared different sets of question papers for the students. The order of questions for students sitting in front and at the back of the exam centres or to left and right of the hall will be different. This will keep the examinees from cheating. Apart from this, mobile phones, calculator, pager or any other electronic devices will not be allowed inside the examination hall”.
“Students will have to submit their hall ticket while taking the question paper from the invigilator. The same will be returned to students once they submit their answer sheets,” official said.
Also, if students caught cheating or accused of impersonation, proxy or other malpractices will be barred from writing the exam, official added.
For safe housing of Question and Answer Papers, the Divisional Commissioner directed all Deputy Commissioners and District Police Heads to create strong room at concerned police stations.
Pertinently, the high and higher secondary schools remained closed for 32 days in two months from March 5 to May 5 in wake of the student protests that erupted across valley. The decision to close the educational institutions was taken by government as a precautionary measure to avoid law and order problems.
The sudden announcement date sheet by JKBOSE has not only shaken the students, but it also nullified their earlier claims of shifting the examination session from November to March, after the devastating flood disturbances in 2014. (PTK)
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