Only CCTV-equipped schools to become board exam centres in UP

September 26, 2017 23:14

To curb copying during the Uttar Pradesh board examinations next year, the state government has decided to allow only CCTV-equipped to become examination centres.

The state government also has decided to ask schools that school bus drivers and other staff should be hired only after police verification, a move that comes in the backdrop of the killing of a 7-year-old student in a school in Haryana's Gurgaon.

The killing had triggered massive furore.

This year, the examination centres will be decided through a transparent online process, so that no allegations are levelled, Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, who is also the minister for secondary education, said in a statement.

"Only the schools which are equipped with CCTV cameras will be allowed to become board examination centres," he added.

He was addressing district inspectors of schools through video-conferencing.

Sharma issued directives to the district inspectors to carry out inspections and submit a report on whether a school qualifies to be an examination centre.

Instructions were also issued that in order to ensure safety of children, bus drivers and fourth class employees be appointed only after police verification, the UP government statement added.

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