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A total of 258 evaluation centres have been set up across UP; evaluation will take place from March 18 to April 1. Govt has made elaborate arrangements made for the security of examination centers and examiners. For the first time, audio-video presentations were used to train the examiners engaged in the evaluation.All the evaluation centers will be monitored through CCTV cameras equipped with voice recorders
Lucknow. In an effort to ensure that the evaluation of answer sheets is error-free, the Yogi Government of Uttar Pradesh has set up as many as 258 evaluation centers across the state, and about 1.44 lakh examiners have been appointed to evaluate a total of 3.19 crore answer sheets. For this, the UP Secondary Education Board has made concrete preparations.
Furthermore, extensive preparations have been made to ensure the safety of examination centres and examiners. Additionally, arrangements have been made to monitor it through CCTV.
It is noteworthy that the state government recently succeeded in holding the board exams without any obstacles in record time. For the first time in thirty years, no exam was postponed because of leaked or viral question papers, or for any other reason. Furthermore, there were no instances of mass copying.
Evaluation work will be done at 258 centers
Secondary Education Council Secretary Divya Kant Shukla informed that 258 centers have been established in the state for the evaluation of high school and intermediate exam answer sheets. The evaluation of answer sheets will continue till April 1. During this, about 1.86 crore high school answer sheets will be evaluated, for which 89,698 examiners have been appointed.
At the same time, 54,235 examiners have been appointed for the evaluation of 1.33 crore intermediate answer sheets. Thus, a total of 1,43,933 examiners have been appointed to evaluate as many as 3.19 crore answer sheets.
Examiners trained through audio-video presentation
Shukla stated that this time, for the first time, for the training of examiners and deputy chief examiners, and their deputy controllers have been trained through an audio-video presentation at the regional office level in order to ensure an error-free evaluation of the answer sheets.
The training was completed in the regional offices of Meerut on March 12, Bareilly on March 13, Gorakhpur on March 14, Prayagraj on March 15, and Varanasi on March 16. The Deputy Controller or Principal of the evaluation centers will train the appointed examiners and deputy head examiners for the evaluation of answer sheets before the commencement of evaluation at their respective evaluation centres.
Strong security system
Divya Kant Shukla further said that the responsibility of evaluation centres has also been entrusted on to static magistrates who will be deputed for the task. Along with this, the DIET Principal (District institute of Education and Training) of each district has been appointed as supervisor to supervise all the evaluation centres located in each district.
Additionally, strict arrangements have been made for the evaluation centers’ security measures. Section 144 has been imposed in a radius of 100 meters around the evaluation centres. Along with this, arrangements have been made for the deployment of at least four armed police guards and the deployment of local intelligence unit/police personnel in plain uniform till the evaluation period.
Monitored by CCTV cameras
In the same way that this time’s board exams were held under the CCTV cameras and voice recorders, a provision has been made to watch over the evaluation process as well. According to Secretary Divyakant Shukla, the evaluation work will be compulsorily under the supervision of CCTV with voice recorder. Arrangements have also been made for continuous monitoring of all the centres from the district and state-level control room for proper monitoring of the evaluation.
