Faced with complaints of large-scale copying during Board exams every year, the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has this time warned that schools showing leniency towards copying would be barred as exam centres in future. A battery of vigilance squads will conduct surprise checks on students when they appear for the exam starting on Monday. At the same time, teachers, too, will have to pay a hefty fine if “they commit mistakes while assessing answersheets.” With a new syllabi introduced last academic year, about 5.34 lakh jittery students from across the State will take the SSC board exams.
This year also marks the introduction of Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) questions on a trial basis for subjects like Music, Computer, Physical Education and Drawing. OMR question papers nullify the chances of copying as candidates just mark dots alongside answers given.
Addressing mediapersons, GSHSEB chairman R K Pathak said that exam centres where copying is done in an “instituionalised manner’’ will be taken to task if large-scale copying cases are reported. These centres will also be barred from being part of Board examinations in the future.
Pathak said, “The objective of the Board is to create a conducive atmosphere for students appearing for the exams. We will be allotting an additional 15 minutes before exam bell for students to fill in their seat numbers properly. Students can also use this time to look at the question papers but they can answer only within the time allotted to them.”
Talking about assessment of answer papers, Pathak said, “We have a system wherein teachers are fined Rs 50 for each mistake they commit. This amount will be increased this year when the assessment starts.”
The GSHSEB will also be increasing the mobility of exam squads visiting exam centres to prevent copying cases. The exam squads include 400 vigilance and emergency squads. The Board has specially set up a cell called District Exam Samiti to man sensitive exam centres under the supervision of Collectors in respective districts.
With several instances being reported in the past of parents indulging in stone-pelting to make way into exam centres to help their children, the GSHSEB has sought additional security at sensitive exam centres.
Ahmedabad Police Commissioner J Mohapatra said tight security has been arranged at centres requested by the exam officials. ``Depnding on the situation we will enhance it,’’ he said.
Courtesy : Asianage.com
This year also marks the introduction of Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) questions on a trial basis for subjects like Music, Computer, Physical Education and Drawing. OMR question papers nullify the chances of copying as candidates just mark dots alongside answers given.
Addressing mediapersons, GSHSEB chairman R K Pathak said that exam centres where copying is done in an “instituionalised manner’’ will be taken to task if large-scale copying cases are reported. These centres will also be barred from being part of Board examinations in the future.
Pathak said, “The objective of the Board is to create a conducive atmosphere for students appearing for the exams. We will be allotting an additional 15 minutes before exam bell for students to fill in their seat numbers properly. Students can also use this time to look at the question papers but they can answer only within the time allotted to them.”
Talking about assessment of answer papers, Pathak said, “We have a system wherein teachers are fined Rs 50 for each mistake they commit. This amount will be increased this year when the assessment starts.”
The GSHSEB will also be increasing the mobility of exam squads visiting exam centres to prevent copying cases. The exam squads include 400 vigilance and emergency squads. The Board has specially set up a cell called District Exam Samiti to man sensitive exam centres under the supervision of Collectors in respective districts.
With several instances being reported in the past of parents indulging in stone-pelting to make way into exam centres to help their children, the GSHSEB has sought additional security at sensitive exam centres.
Ahmedabad Police Commissioner J Mohapatra said tight security has been arranged at centres requested by the exam officials. ``Depnding on the situation we will enhance it,’’ he said.
Courtesy : Asianage.com