The special task force, a police unit tasked with tackling organized crime, has been requested to deploy its personnel at “sensitive” exam centers for the class X and XII boards across Uttar Pradesh, a pointer to the gravity and extent of the mass-copying problem.
The task force has, however, said it cannot provide additional personnel for centers where the UP board exams will be held from February 6, but will “help” if it receives any information about examinees resorting to such methods.
Chief secretary Rajive Kumar recently issued a directive asking officials of the education department across the 75 districts to ensure armed personnel is deployed at test centers to keep mass copying in check. “In the very sensitive centers, officers of the STF be deployed as per need and exams be held without cheating,” reads the order.
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While the local intelligence unit of the police is usually kept in the loop about “sensitive” exam centers, the order asking the STF to be involved is believed to be first of its kind.
None of the 46 exam centers in Gautam Budh Bagar has been labeled sensitive but four of the 55 centers in neighboring Ghaziabad have been categorized so. Three of the sensitive centers are in Loni while one is in Muradnagar.
The chief secretary’s order, issued on January 18, has also asked the test center superintendents to provide to the STF any information about centers where the examinees can resort to mass copying. There have often been reports of invigilators allowing students to copy.
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