STF to help UP Board check copying mafia in this year’s exam
The state government has decided to seek help of the Special Task Force (STF) of the UP police this year in all 50 districts identified as sensitive by the Board for its 2018 exam set to start in February.
With a view to putting an effective check on education mafia that promotes use of unfair means in UP Board exam, the state government has decided to seek help of the Special Task Force (STF) of the UP police this year in all 50 districts identified as sensitive by the Board for its 2018 exam set to start in February.
As per additional secretary, UP Board, Shiv Lal deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma during a videoconferencing recently said the STF would be roped in for holding free and fair UP Board examinations this year.
Sharma also holds the portfolio of cabinet minister for secondary education.
“The STF will help in keeping the copying mafia away from examination and also help in identifying culprits who every year tarnish the image of the Board by promoting use of unfair means. The government has made its stand clear that no unfair means would be tolerated and anyone found indulging in promoting the same would be dealt with strictly,” he said.
A videoconferencing is scheduled to be held on January 20 wherein apart from the deputy CM, senior officials including the state director general of police besides UP Board officials would review and finalise the strategy to ensure free and fair exam.
The UP Board for its 2018 exam had increased its list of sensitive districts to 50 from the 31 identified last year for proving coded answer sheets.
districts include Aligarh, Agra, Mathura, Hathras, Etah, Mainpuri, Firozabad, Kasganj, Shahjahanpur, Budaun, Moradabad, Sambhal, Allahabad, Kaushambi, Hardoi, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Fatehpur, Chitrakoot, Ghazipur, Azamgarh, Ballia, Deoria, Jaunpur, Ambedkarnagar, Gonda, Sultanpur, Bhadohi, Sant Kabir Nagar, Siddharthnagar and Kushinagar. Besides, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Baghpat, Bareilly, JP Nagar, Bijnor, Unnao, Etawah, Pratapgarh, Jalaun, Banda, Maharajganj, Faizabad, Barabanki, Bahraich, Mau and Basti are also in the list of sensitive districts.
A total of 67,29,540 students have registered to appear in this year’s UP Board exam. They include 37,12,508 for class 10 and 30,17,032 students for class 12 exam. A total of 8057 exam centres have been made for the purpose.