Allegations of copying in Bandipora exam centres
Special team formed to check copying: BOSE Chairman
Mir Tariq Bandipora, July 21: The private schools in this newly created Bandipora district are flouting the rules of Board of School Education (BOSE). There are allegations that unfair means and copying is being resorted by the students of these institutions during the ongoing private 10th class examination.There are allegations that students are resorting to mass copying in the examination centres. There are even allegations that teachers are openly dictating the answers to the students. “The school authorities charge hefty amounts from students or their parents for getting them passed in the exams. The copying facilities are provided to students in accordance with the amount paid by them” alleged a teacher Aashiq (name changed) who refused to attend exam duties after detecting mass copying in the school. “The school owners and exam contractors are making lots of money,” he further alleged.Thousands of students are appearing in the 10th and 12th class private examinations at nearly 35 centres set up in the district. Of these centres, four have been set up in private educational institutes Mehboob-ul-Aalam College (C.No:406,407), Wular Valley College (411), Eaglets Public School (409, 410) and Green Land Educational Institute Sumbal, SonawariThe students and the parents demanded the exam centre set up in private institutes should be shifted to other schools in order to ensure smooth conduct of examinations. "The centres in the private institutes should be changed to government schools in order to stop the mass copying further" said Ghulam Ahmed.A BOSE pleading anonymity claimed that the owners of private BEd Colleges and higher secondary schools approach the board authorities and succeed in arranging the examination in their colleges and institutes by resorting to some unfair means.When contacted Sectional Officer Sub –Office BOSE Bandipora, Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Sheikh said, “We are following the roaster issue by BOSE’s central office”. He, however, said that interference of non staff member in the exam has to be eliminated at all costs. Sheikh said that 45 cases of copying have been registered in three days. “This shows that we are taking every measure to ensure smooth conduct of examinations”.Talking to Rising Kashmir, BOSE chairman, Prof Nazir Ahmed said, “The copying will be checked at all costs. A special team will be deputed to the examination centers, where from complaints of mass copying have been received.”