CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, A meeting was convened in the Janmanch Auditorium under the chairmanship of District Magistrate Manish Bansal to ensure smooth, hassle-free and peaceful conduct of the upcoming board examinations. In the meeting, District Magistrate Manish Bansal said that it should be ensured at every level that no mistake is made even by mistake. He said that the role of the Static Magistrate is very important, therefore, discharge your duties responsibly. He directed that the Zonal and Sector Magistrates should visit the examination centres randomly every day. The strong room will be under the surveillance of CCTV cameras for 24 hours, therefore, adequate arrangements for power backup should be made. He said that the rules should be followed and cordial behaviour should be maintained with the students. He said that under secondary education, the board examinations of high school and intermediate are very important for the government as well as the lakhs of students appearing in it, we have to work at both the levels. All the officers, principals, center administrators have been successfully organizing various types of competitive examinations along with board examinations every year as per the standards set by the government. If the guidelines given in the training are well assimilated, then there will be no problem in conducting the examination safely. As per the SOP prescribed by the government, the examination has to be conducted in a copy-free and peaceful manner while maintaining its purity, sanctity and dignity. District Magistrate Manish Bansal said that action will be taken against those who create disturbance under the Uttar Pradesh Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024. He said that strict rules have been implemented by the government to conduct the UP Board examinations safely, under which a fine of up to Rs 1 crore and punishment up to life imprisonment can be given. Any information related to the examination center, noteworthy thing should be immediately given to the control room or higher officials through static and sector magistrates. SSP Rohit Singh Sajwan assured adequate security arrangements during the board examinations and said that sub-inspectors, constables and women constables have been deployed at all the centres. Police officers will also accompany all the nominated magistrates. Along with this, necessary guidelines have also been given for traffic management. DIOS Rekha Suman assured to conduct the examinations without cheating as per the intention of the government and said that UP Board examinations are to be held from 24 February to 12 March. 90 examination centres have been set up in the district. A total of 72573 candidates including 37286 high school and 35287 intermediate candidates will appear in the examination. Female students will not be searched by male teachers. On this occasion, Additional District Magistrate Administration Dr. Archana Dwivedi, SP City Vyom Bindal, SP Rural Sagar Jain, District School Inspector Mrs. Rekha, District School Inspector II Harsh Dev Swami along with all the zonal magistrates, sector magistrates, static magistrates and centre administrators were present.