Minister directs DCs to ensure essential amenities for students at exam centres
Education Minister Sakeena Itoo today chaired a meeting at the Civil Secretariat to finalise the arrangements for forthcoming Board examinations for 10th, 11th and 12th classes.
Addressing the officials, the Minister directed all Deputy Commissioners to ensure conducive environment for students in and around the examination centres. She asked them to establish all essential amenities like proper lighting, seating arrangements and heating facilities at the examination centres for facilitation of students.
She further called upon the DCs and SSPs to ensure that strict security protocols are established in and around the examination centres to maintain the integrity of the examination process. She asked them to deploy adequate personnel at examination centers and ensure no one except students and staff are allowed inside examination centres. She also asked the SSPs for formation of mobile flying squads to ensure proper implementation of security measures.
Sakeena also called upon the DCs and CEOs to establish joint control rooms in their respective districts for proper monitoring of examination process.
She asked the DCs and SSPs to ensure that students are facilitated along the highways during security forces convoy movement. She advised them to coordinate with concerned security agencies and ensure that the admit cards of students are treated as passes during this convoy movement.
