UP Board evaluation begins; 42% Prayagraj examiners skip duty

Prayagraj: Evaluation process of answer sheets of class 10 and 12 UP Board exams-2023 began across the state amid tight security on Saturday.
The evaluation work is being conducted at 258 centres where 1,43,933 examiners would check around 3.19 crore answer sheets. For the first time, the responsibility of evaluation centres has been entrusted on to static magistrates. On the first day, answer sheets were evaluated by deputy chief examiners as per set norms of the board to help guide the examiners to undertake the process error-free.
UP Board Secretary Dibya Kant Shukla said: “On the first day, 90% examiners reported at their respective evaluation centres and a total of 6,67,068 answer sheets were evaluated.” In Prayagraj, a total of 5,452 examiners have been deployed at 10 centres out of which 2,295 (42.09%) remained absent.
Out of more than 12 lakh answer sheets allotted in these centres, only 39,412 could be checked on Saturday. This year, 58,85,745 candidates, including 31,16,487 of class 10 and 27,69,258 of class 12 had registered for the Board exams. Of this, about 4,31,571 skipped the exams.
At each evaluation centre, the static magistrate concerned will distribute 10 bundles of answer sheets at a time to the deputy head examiner selecting the bundles from the strongroom on random basis for evaluation. In case of any discrepancy in the evaluation, the static magistrate concerned will be held accountable, said Shukla. Police in civil clothes have been deputed at the centres along with the intelligence personnel. Four armed police personnel are also stationed at each of these centres.
The entire evaluation work is being undertaken under the surveillance of CCTV cameras. Monitoring of evaluation centres is being done from the control room established at district and state level. There is also live monitoring of the ongoing evaluation through webcasting.