Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS)

Bengaluru, Mar 23: Is learnt that in the SSLC Kannada language examination that was held on March 21, the invigilators of the examination hall itself have allowed the students to do mass copying in order to achieve better results for districts that are backward in education and also rural areas.

The sources said that in many districts including, Mandya, Koppal, Ballary, Raichur, Gadag, Belagavi, Chitradurga, Davanagere and Bengaluru Rural, the invigilators themselves have helped the students to write answers for the Kannada language questions, so that they will get a minimum of 35 marks required to pass the examination.

One of the teachers said that the CCTV cameras of the examination halls were switched off when the copying activity was being done by the invigilators. It is also said that there is pressure on DDPI (Deputy Director of Public Instruction) and BEO (Block Education Officer) of respective districts to get good results in the examination. So indirectly they are also supporting mass copying and helping the students to write the correct answers by the invigilators.

The education department has taken out a circular, which says that if the result of aided schools is not good, permission will not be granted to fill the vacant position of teachers. So the aided schools are also indulging in activity of helping the students to write the correct answers.

A senior officer of the public instruction department, who wants to remain anonymous, says, "This kind of copying and helping the students by the invigilators is prevalent in some districts of the states since many years. It is difficult to bring changes overnight. Many efforts are put to bring in some changes in this attitude. Even then results of certain districts are always surprising."

Responding to the accusations, V Sumangala, Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB), said, "If anyone gives accurate information of copying in specific examination centers, then strict action will be taken on the erring people. Even I got calls from some students. But they gave wrong information. If specific information is given, then notice will be served to the chief invigilator of such examination centers."