KARACHI, May 16: Some of the staff appointed at exam centres set up for the HSC annual exams have complained about security arrangements, demanding that adequate deployment should be ensured for a foolproof conduct of exams.
A source in the Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, said on Tuesday that the examination staff including those at the centres had drawn the attention of the authorities towards poor security arrangements at some centres.
They feared that if centres were not given due protection, outsiders and unlawful elements could get into a position to dictate their terms.
At least five Science group candidates, who were supposed to appear separately at four different centres, including the S M Science College, Islamia Science College, Govt Commerce College, and Govt College Nazimabad, reported at the Government Degree College, Liaquatabad, on the first day the exams.
The candidates in question were detected by staff during the course of the examination, and were questioned about their unauthorised change of centres.
However, after a certain exercise and with the approval of the BIE authorities, the candidates were allowed to continue with their papers, for the first and last time.
Technically, candidates are not allowed to appear at centres other than those mentioned on their admit cards, otherwise they will be liable to punishment.
However, since Tuesday was the first day of the exams, a lenient view was taken in the case of the offending students, who had also been warned to report at their respective examination centres in the future, said a BIE official.
It was further learnt that the examination staff had communicated to the BIEK officers that the students had threatened that more similar cases would appear at Liaquatabad’s centres and, as such, there was need for stringent deployment of law-enforcing agency personnel.
A senior teacher of the college, while referring to some other centres, mentioned that mere deployment of two policemen at centres would not work. Even the centres, which have been declared ‘sensitive’ and ‘most sensitive’ were not fully provided with security personnel, he claimed.
When asked about the facilities and other development, a BIE official said that none of the reports submitted by the vigilance teams in the case of 90 centres included any complaints about electricity failure.
Moreover, neither had the members of the vigilance team nor the centre superintendents reported cases of unfair means to the board on Tuesday, the official added.
The Controller of Examinations, Prof Abdul Aziz, said that the exams started on time and were completed peacefully.
KARACHI, May 16: Some of the staff appointed at exam centres set up for the HSC annual exams have complained about security arrangements, demanding that adequate deployment should be ensured for a foolproof conduct of exams.
