Govt tightens norms to check copying in exams

PRAYAGRAJ: The state government has made installation of CCTV cameras and digital voice recorders in halls, classrooms and main entrance of government-aided and self-financed degree colleges mandatory for holding state universities’ examinations.

According to officials familiar with the development, the government has issued guidelines to universities and others authorities concerned to hold copying-free and peaceful examinations of state universities by ensuring that only those governmentaided and self-financed degree colleges were made examination centres which have installed

› The guidelines also prevent universities from making those colleges as centres where a reexamination had to be conducted following mass copying or if it had been debarred in the past AN OFFICIAL

CCTV cameras and digital voice recorders.

Though CCTV cameras and voice recorders have been made mandatory for governmentaided and self-financed degree colleges, the guidelines also asked other state universities and degree colleges to make efforts to make similar arrangements at their respective institutions.

The provision has already been introduced by UP Board for its annual examinations.

The officer said instructions had been issued by additional chief secretary (higher education) Anita Bhatnagar on November 15 to registrars of state universities with copies to all divisional commissioners, district magistrates, director (higher education) and principals of all government, governmentaided and self-financed degree colleges.

He said the initiative was a part of the Yogi Adityanath government’s efforts to check frequent complaints and allegations of anomalies.

According to the directives, if a degree college has the house of its manager or principal on its campus, it would not be made a centre for university examinations.

Likewise, those colleges where disputes exist in the management committee would also be excluded from the list of examination centres.

“The guidelines also prevent universities from making those colleges as examination centres where a re-examination had to be conducted on the recommendations of officials concerned following mass copying or if it had been debarred by the administration or the university in the past,” the officer said.