KARACHI: Use of unfair means reported in inter exams
By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, May 19: Two of the HSC annual examination candidates, including one girl student, did not return their written answer scripts to examiners at two different centres on Thursday. A BIEK official said that it was reported after first shift examination that a boy candidate appearing at Pakistan Steel Cadet College escaped with the script, while a girl candidate taking examination at the Karachi College for Women, Chand Bibi Road, ran away with the script. The two scripts pertained to Chemistry-II paper.
The official said that both the cases had been reported as unfair means activities and it was likely that after due procedure, the candidates could be failed in the paper involved or be debarred from examination for one year.
In the meantime, it was learnt that candidates taking examination at Jamia Millia College centre were facing problems due to inadequate arrangements for drinking water. Some of the students also claimed about inadequate provision of electric fans.
The reports of power failure were also reported from some of the examination centres. There was no examination in the second shift.
It was learnt that a staffer of a private college lost bundles of 500 B-copies during transportation from board to the college, report of which had also been lodged with the police.
A board official said that there were minimum possibilities of misusing the lost copies as such copies were detectable at the time of assessment.
It was further learnt that the board had been unable to streamline the functions of the vigilance officers assigned to conduct visits to examination centres. About 50 per cent of the teachers have been issued formal appointment letters so far, said a source privy to the vigilance affairs, adding that it was surprising to know that even the list of vigilance officers working in the field has not been completed.
Meanwhile, some of the centre superintendents said that vigilance officers were visiting the centres without authority letters or identification badges, which could cause inconvenience to the centre staff and the visitors as well. The BIEK should issue photo-fixed identity cards and slips to avoid any confusion or awkward development.
Some of the centre staff feared that in the absence of BIEK identification cards, any person could enter the examination premises under the cover of a vigilance officer.
When contacted, the BIEK examination controller, Prof M Amin Khalid said that the list of vigilance officers had been finalized on Thursday and the process of issuing appointment letters to vigilance officers was also expedited.
The controller, who visited Sir Syed Girls College, Women College, Nazimabad, Osmania Girls College and Boys College, Asifabad, expressed satisfaction over the conduct of examination at the four centres and maintained that there was no outside interference there during the day.
