‘UP Board exams should be conducted under close watch of CCTV cameras’

Kanpur: The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Board examinations should be conducted under close supervision of CCTV cameras and camera recording must be saved for one week, said district magistrate Dr Brahmadev Ram Tiwari while issuing guidelines for the examinations in a meeting with board centre superintendents and district inspector of schools on Wednesday.
During the meeting, the DM issued directives that no one, not even invigilators and teachers, would be allowed to carry mobile phone inside the examination room. Besides, continuous monitoring will be done through CCTV cameras with the help of 25 computers and a computer centre for the same would be established in Omkareshwar Inter college Jawaharnagar. Additional district magistrate, finance and revenue, would be in charge of the centre, he added.
The control room of UP Board examination has been established at GIC. One may contact the control room in case of any problem on 9411397780 or the police control room number on 9454400384. In the specific directives, the district magistrate asked to record the time and name of the employee carrying the examination papers and the respective examination centre will have to disclose the name of the employee sent for carrying the examination papers for monitoring the entire process, said the DM.
The DM further added that as many as 16 sector magistrates, 5 flying squads, 5 zonal magistrates, 3 statics magistrate would supervise the 128 examination centers to ensure that copy free examinations are conducted.
The district magistrate said that in case students are caught copying at a centre then the in-charge of the examination centre would be sent to jail. The incharge should ensure that entry is allowed from only one gate and all other gates be closed and sealed. Besides, no unwanted persons should be allowed in the centre during exam, he said during the meeting held at BNSD Shiksha Niketan.