HYDERABAD: During the first paper of English, vigilance committees of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education of Hyderabad caught 32 candidates for cheating, one for impersonation and disqualified two invigilators for delinquency on Tuesday.

The cases were detected during surprise visits of the 22 vigilance committees to 63 of the 217 centres set up for the annual exams being held for the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) in the 10 districts falling under the jurisdiction of the board.

Published in Dawn, March 30th, 2016

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