KOLKATA: In a primary, registration of five students have been cancelled through West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education on Tuesday, when they have been stuck wearing mobiles inside the examination corridor on the first day of Higher Secondary assessments. The 5 students will not be allowed to seem for HS assessments in future.
The council took the stern step, ostensibly to prevent “leak” of question papers from examination halls. In fact, the council had introduced repeatedly earlier that no candidate could be allowed to hold digital units, including mobiles, inside examination halls, after Madhyamik question papers started circulating on-line almost on a daily basis, inside mins of papers being dispensed.
Of the 5 applicants stuck with mobiles, 4 have been from Malda and one from Howrah. All the 4 Malda students have been from the same faculty and have been taking the test at Gajal Shyamsukhi Balika Vidyalaya. The pupil from Howrah district was once appearing for the examination at Sashati Nahata Avinash High School.
The council handed the litmus test on Tuesday, when no HS question paper (first language) was once circulated on-line. After allegations of question paper “leak” throughout Madhyamik and lawsuits being filed with the cyber security cell of Bidhannagar Commissionerate through the board, HS Council took a number of preemptive measures. “Going through past reports, we known 500 super-sensitive and quasi-sensitive examination venues and kept the cyber security cell on alert. Our watch on the applicants additionally helped us finish the cell risk at examination centres,” stated a senior professional of the council, which is maintaining the examination across 2,117 venues in the state.
The council has bought 500 hand held steel detectors to frisk applicants. “At the touchy venues, the applicants have been checked earlier than allowed into the examination corridor. We performed surprise tests inside the halls. We have appointed three invigilators in each and every corridor. One is entrusted with keeping an eye on applicants the usage of digital units. It was once throughout such tests that the applicants have been stuck with the cell phones,” stated the professional.
Only three officers can carry mobiles: the headmaster or teacher-in-charge, centre secretary and centre incharge. Even state
The council took the stern step, ostensibly to prevent “leak” of question papers from examination halls. In fact, the council had introduced repeatedly earlier that no candidate could be allowed to hold digital units, including mobiles, inside examination halls, after Madhyamik question papers started circulating on-line almost on a daily basis, inside mins of papers being dispensed.
Of the 5 applicants stuck with mobiles, 4 have been from Malda and one from Howrah. All the 4 Malda students have been from the same faculty and have been taking the test at Gajal Shyamsukhi Balika Vidyalaya. The pupil from Howrah district was once appearing for the examination at Sashati Nahata Avinash High School.
The council handed the litmus test on Tuesday, when no HS question paper (first language) was once circulated on-line. After allegations of question paper “leak” throughout Madhyamik and lawsuits being filed with the cyber security cell of Bidhannagar Commissionerate through the board, HS Council took a number of preemptive measures. “Going through past reports, we known 500 super-sensitive and quasi-sensitive examination venues and kept the cyber security cell on alert. Our watch on the applicants additionally helped us finish the cell risk at examination centres,” stated a senior professional of the council, which is maintaining the examination across 2,117 venues in the state.
The council has bought 500 hand held steel detectors to frisk applicants. “At the touchy venues, the applicants have been checked earlier than allowed into the examination corridor. We performed surprise tests inside the halls. We have appointed three invigilators in each and every corridor. One is entrusted with keeping an eye on applicants the usage of digital units. It was once throughout such tests that the applicants have been stuck with the cell phones,” stated the professional.
Only three officers can carry mobiles: the headmaster or teacher-in-charge, centre secretary and centre incharge. Even state
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