Bhubaneswar: Following allegations of irregularities in the selection of examination centres for the annual higher secondary (Plus II) examination, the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) changed around 20 centres in an emergency meeting here on Sunday. The council has designated 1,142 centres for the Plus II exam.
“We made some minor changes in the examination centre list. We excluded 20 centres that had a bad record and included new centres in their place. There were some differences among the members of the managing committee over the selection of centres. We resolved this amicably,” said CHSE controller of examination Bijay Kumar Sahoo.
A notification with the new examination centres will be issued on Monday.
Congress MLA Santosh Singh Saluja and BJD MLA Kishore Mohanty had flagged the alleged irregularities in the choice of exam centres. On the basis of the allegations, the Odisha Abhibhabak Mahasangha (OAM) — the state-level parents’ body — demanded a probe.
Saluja, who is also a managing committee member of CHSE, said, “Colleges having no prior record of malpractice have been chosen as the new exam centres. We are hopeful that the annual exam this year will be conducted in a free and fair manner.”
Taking suo motu cognisance of the issue, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) had asked the council to submit an explanation to the commission by February 18. “If there were no irregularities in the selection of exam centres, why did the council call an emergency meeting on Sunday to change the centres? There is more to the matter than what appears. We are also demanding that the council should disclose the names of the colleges with bad records and strict action must be taken against them,” said Basudev Bhatt, convener of OAM.
A total 3, 43, 106 students will appear the annual plus two examination. While science stream exam will begin from March 3 the arts and commerce stream examinations to commence from March 4. The government has asked to install CCTV in all examination centres.
“We made some minor changes in the examination centre list. We excluded 20 centres that had a bad record and included new centres in their place. There were some differences among the members of the managing committee over the selection of centres. We resolved this amicably,” said CHSE controller of examination Bijay Kumar Sahoo.
A notification with the new examination centres will be issued on Monday.
Congress MLA Santosh Singh Saluja and BJD MLA Kishore Mohanty had flagged the alleged irregularities in the choice of exam centres. On the basis of the allegations, the Odisha Abhibhabak Mahasangha (OAM) — the state-level parents’ body — demanded a probe.
Saluja, who is also a managing committee member of CHSE, said, “Colleges having no prior record of malpractice have been chosen as the new exam centres. We are hopeful that the annual exam this year will be conducted in a free and fair manner.”
Taking suo motu cognisance of the issue, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) had asked the council to submit an explanation to the commission by February 18. “If there were no irregularities in the selection of exam centres, why did the council call an emergency meeting on Sunday to change the centres? There is more to the matter than what appears. We are also demanding that the council should disclose the names of the colleges with bad records and strict action must be taken against them,” said Basudev Bhatt, convener of OAM.
A total 3, 43, 106 students will appear the annual plus two examination. While science stream exam will begin from March 3 the arts and commerce stream examinations to commence from March 4. The government has asked to install CCTV in all examination centres.
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