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The decision was taken to curb students from cheating as well as the use of unfair means while they sit for examinations.
The new monitoring system was put into place for the ongoing exams for grades nine and ten, which commenced on March 15 across the Hazara Division.
A total of 118,298 candidates including both male and female sat for the examinations, 101,360 of which were regular candidates.
Theses examinations would continue till April 3.
BISE set up 153 examination centres for female candidates while 291 have also been established for male candidates.
Abbottabad BISE Chairman Sajjad Khan said that around 100 centres have been set up, mostly in the urban limits of Haripur, Abbottabad, and Mansehra.
Monitoring will be done via the camera system linked with the centralised control room at the BISE office.
Video recording has been made mandatory to monitor the remaining centres throughout the examinations.
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Khan added that the BISE staff would monitor these centres using six display screens. He said that the monitoring team that sits in the chairman's office would keep a vigilant eye on students along with the invigilation staff for any malpractice.
Shah said that if any practice against the examination rules was found, a warning is issued and the student's paper is cancelled.
The board's chairman claimed implementation of the new system has considerably plugged chances of students cheating. Khan claimed that the experiment was amazing as it has considerably plugged the chances of cheating during the examinations.
"We will ensure online monitoring in 100 per cent centres for the forthcoming intermediate exams in the division", he said.
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Shah added that the camera monitoring would not be available during practical examinations.
When asked about the frequent complaints of favouritism to examination halls of certain private educational institutions, he said that these schools were all monitored to a much greater extent than the public sectors.
He said the cameras can operate for up to 18 hours without any power. However, frequent power outages and slow internet speeds remain to main hindrances to the successful implementation of the system.
However, the frequent power outages and slow internet speed are major hindrances to the successful implementation of the system. He added that video recording was an alternative arrangement to ensure no malpractice takes place.
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