Issues directives in attempt to curb cheating in exams. PHOTO: FILE
In a move to root out cheating in exams, the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) has asked select educational institutes in Hazara to install closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, official sources told The Express Tribune on Tuesday.
In the initial phase, 29 private and public institutions have been asked to install CCTV cameras for the upcoming Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams on a voluntary basis.
Following the government’s directives to prevent the use of unfair means during exams, BISE Abbottabad issued letters to ten schools of Abbottabad district, nine schools of Mansehra, eight in Haripur and one each in Kohistan and Battagram districts.
The expenditure for the installation of these cameras for the exams, commencing on March 12, will be borne by the schools themselves rather than the BISE.
BISE Abbottabad Chairman Iftikharul Mulk confirmed the development when approached for comments. He added the initiative was part of the provincial government’s step to ensure transparency in the examination process.
The chairman revealed the plan would be replicated in other schools later on, but to start with, schools that are considered to be imparting a good standard of education and have frequently produced students who have secured top positions in central exams recently were asked to install the cameras.
However, Mulk added the initiative is only on a voluntary basis, and the schools will not be compelled to follow the directives.
Around 115,000 students will appear in SSC exams across 383 examination centres in Hazara division.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 19th, 2014.
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