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Malpractices

2018: ‘anti-copying’ measures drastically reduce examinees

Isha Jain, February 10, 2018: The Times of India

The number of examinees who quit UP ‘board’ exams within the first 4 days, 2013-18
From: Isha Jain, February 10, 2018: The Times of India

Anti-Cheating Drive Sees 15% Examinees Exit

Setting a dropout record, over 10 lakh examinees skipped the Uttar Pradesh board examinations in the first four days. This comes in the wake of a number of steps taken to pin down the education mafia that abets use of unfair means, and is twice the number of over 5 lakh students who had dropped out of the exams last year.

This year, nearly 66 lakh students registered themselves for UP board examinations for Classes X and XII, which began on February 6. In just four days, more than 15% of them have dropped out of the exams.

With almost a month to go for the exams to end, this percentage is set to rise. The Class X exams will end on February 22 and Class XII on March 12.

On Friday, Class X students took the English paper while Class XII students appeared for mathematics. Education department officials said the dropout rate in these two subjects is usually high.

So far, the highest dropout figure in the board’s history was recorded in 2016, when over 6.4 lakh students skipped the exams. That was 9% of all the students who had registered for the exam. In percentage terms, this year’s figure is already well past that level.

CCTVs, STF got cheats to drop out

Even in 1991 and 1992, when present Union home minister Rajnath Singh was the education minister in UP and had introduced an anticopying ordinance, the dropout number stood at 1.3 lakh and 1.6 lakh, respectively, though the number of students appearing for the examinations was lower than the present number.

UPSEB secretary Neena Srivastava told TOI that the reason for such a high dropout rate could be steps taken by the government to crack down on education mafia that is known to facilitate mass copying.

She said steps like installation of CCTV cameras, deployment of special task force and personal inspection by UP deputy CM Dinesh Sharma, who also holds charge of secondary education, had instilled a fear against mass copying.

Although education department officials were expecting high dropouts this year, the extraordinarily huge number has left them shocked.