Faridabad, March 18
The use of unfair means in the board exams of Haryana continues to rattle the education authorities that are preparing to hold the matric and middle level examinations from tomorrow. The plus II exams held by the State Education Board had not been trouble-free either.
The board authorities and the flying squads deputed during the 10+2 exams had booked at least 114 cases of copying and caught two youths impersonating as examinees at two centres.
The officials have held several meetings for holding the exams in a free and fair manner, but there was hardly any centre from where the complaints of copying were not received. The involvement of teaching staff, policemen and the supervisory staff could not be ruled out.
About 50 cases of copying were noticed on a single day in one of the papers held recently. Hundreds of teams had been deputed to check copying by the board, besides special raids were conducted by the administration officials, including sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs) and tehsildars. While many cases were booked by these officials, it is learnt that in some of the centres, mass copying was carried on with the help of supervising officials or the local examination duty staff.
A meeting of the district education officials was held here yesterday to chalk out the final strategy for conducting the matric exams. The number of students appearing in these exams will be much more than the plus II level held recently and the officials will have tremendous pressure to ensure the exams held in a proper manner. As many as 143 examination centres have been set up in the district.
While the education department has sought policemen at each of the centre, much depends on the supervision of special task force (STF) set up by the board.
It is learnt that the STF teams had been more prompt in taking action against students using unfair means.
