KARACHI, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP): Board of Secondary Education Karachi
(BSEK) has taken various administrative and logistic steps to stop the
use of unfair means in the on-going examination of class 9 and 10.
General Group papers started from 28th of this month and Science
Group examination will begin on April 15.
This year, BSEK has come up with its changed strategy making the
best use of its available resources and expertise. As a result,
better environment prevailed at the examination centres and minimum
possible chance was left for any kind of cheating, BSEK Chairman
Professor Dr Saeeduddin told APP.
He said the board management and Sindh Education department were
very strict to the candidates, and also to the teachers and
officials involved in the examination process.
“This year, cheaters and their facilitators would have found the
examination very tough for them”, he remarked adding that strict
legal action was being taken if any one was found involved in
cheating.
BSEK Chairman referred to Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali
Shah’s directives that any teacher or official found involved in
cheating be immediately terminated, against past practice of
suspension for certain period of time.
He said that 79 examination centres had been set up for total 47,998
candidates of 9th and 10th classes, General Group.
The board had formed 36 vigilance teams with area specific task
to resist all kind of cheating practices. Besides, he
continued, 30 senior officials from Sindh Education Department had
been assigned the duty to monitor the examination process, which
included their surprise visits to the exams centres in the city.
” I myself do visit examination centres at random,” he said.
The number of the exam centres, vigilance teams would be
increased for Science Group examination as a huge number of students
would appear in this mega city, Dr Saeed said.
BSEK’s Chairman said six hubs had been established in different
areas of the metropolis. To these hubs, the question papers were being
dispatched from the board office around half an hour before the
scheduled time. From where, Superintendents of the examination centres
did get the paper just ten minutes before its starting time. This would
help stop any possible leakage of question papers, he said.
Professor Dr Saeeduddin said, this year, one Central Control
Officer and a Superintendent were deputed at each centre for better
checks over the examination process.
Another important step, he mentioned, the board had provided the
furniture to the government schools selected as exams centres which
were short of it.
He underlined the need for more resources to BSEK
to improve its efficiency at different levels of the examination process
and other related activities.