Bhubaneswar: As many as 3,69,537 students are appearing for the annual Plus II exams at 1,091 exam centres Thursday.
The government has taken all precautionary steps to check malpractice. Extra steps have been taken to ensure that question papers would not go viral on social media sites.
Tight security arrangements, including three-tier inspections, are in place for the exams. Observers and special flying squads are set to ensure the smooth conduct of examinations.
Out of 3,69,537 students, 2,35,183 are from the Arts stream, 99,018 from Science, 27,278 from Commerce and 8,058 from Vocational stream.
The remaining are ex-regular students.
Apart from the 1,091 centres, 202 Examination Management Hubs (EMHs) have also been set up.
As a precautionary measure to the leak of check question papers on social media, the CHSE has already banned smart watches and mobile phones from exam centres.
CHSE Exam Controller Prabodh Panda said foolproof arrangements have been made for the examinations.
“Police security has been heightened at exam centres in Maoist areas. Almost all examination centres have CCTV cameras. Question papers have reached most of the EMHs. Police and district administrations have been requested to provide security,” Panda said.
Panda said the government had also banned a number of items like wrist watches at exam centres. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary AP Padhi at the Secretariat February 28.
The School and Mass Education Department Secretary Pradipta Mohapatra said, “Frisking has been doubled and no electronic gadgets including wrist watches and phones will be allowed inside examination halls. Wrist watches have been banned as there are some models which can take pictures,” said Mohapatra.
The Plus II exams will finish March 30.
PNN