Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 20: Minister for Education, Naeem Akhtar, today urged all Deputy Commissioners and Education officers across the State to go cracking on copying during examinations in the Schools and cleanse the system of this menace.
These directions were given via a video conference with the Deputy Commissioners of all the Districts, late last evening here, at the Civil Secretariat. The Minister asked the Deputy Commissioners to dedicate this week in helping conduct fair and clean examinations. Let this week be observed as "Anti-Copying Week" in view of ongoing Board Examinations across the State, Akhtar told DCs. The board examinations for Matriculation started from Thursday.
Commissioner Secretary, School Education, Director School Education, Jammu and Secretary, Board of School Education, were also present during the video conference.
The Minister said, this Government means business and would want all the DCs to utilise their resources, good will, network and administrative machinery to help conduct examinations free from copying throughout the State.
Urging the DCs Akhtar said "take this duty as a social responsibility upon you, and lead from the front, so that you are known in the society as somebody who helped getting rid of this menace".
The Minister said, his recent visit to some schools, has sent across a strong message, adding that the DCs should carry out surprise visits and random checks at the examination centres personally.
With regard to the invigilating staff at the examination centres Akhtar said, only senior teachers should be involved in conduct of exams and wherever any malpractices is found should be immediately replaced and reported for appropriate action.
Akhtar said, any invigilating staff found involved in malpractice during the examination should be dealt with severity under law and a dossier of that staff member submitted to the administrative department for vigilance action and departmental inquiry. "Treat all those staff members who are responsible for supporting this menace as anti-social elements" the Minister asserted. Akhtar told DCs to take the exercise as a mission to cleanse the system, adding that it is their joint responsibility being part of the team along with him and as a team leader, he will stand by them in this drive. |
