Govt is working towards making exams less complicated to prevent cheating: Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said that his government will work towards making exams less complicated. Adityanath spoke in reference to the decision by nearly 10 lakh students to boycott exams after his government announced that it will make exams cheating free.

"10 lakh students in Uttar Pradesh refused to take exams after we spoke about making them cheating free. We will work towards making exams less complicated," said Adityanath during the launch of Prime Minister Narendra Modis book Exam Warriors in Delhi.

The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) also known as Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board (UPSEB), started the Class 10 and Class 12 board exams 2018 on February 6.

However, it was reported that on the first day about 1.8 lakh students did not appear for the exams. The number of absentees rose to 5.05 lakh on the second day.

Officials from the government maintained that the number of absentees was because of the strict measures taken by Yogi Adityanath government to prevent cheating the exams. Incidentally, last year 1,862 students were caught cheating during exams.

UP GOVERNMENTS INITIATIVES AGAINST CHEATING IN EXAMS:

• Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma said that the board will conduct exams under CCTV surveillance.
• The board has made arrangements for extensive security in sensitive areas.
• The number of exam centres has been reduced to 128 from 133 this year.
• Phone numbers of 10 school owners were put under surveillance.
• Strict action will be taken under the Uttar Pradesh Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 1998, as reported by TOI.