RAWALPINDI: Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Rawalpindi on Tuesday caught four candidates of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Part-I annual exams red-handed while they were cheating and lodged a first information report (FIR) against them.

BISE Rawalpindi Chairman Mohammad Adnan Khan visited different examination centres including Government High School Chauntra, Government High School Adhwal, Government High School Jhatha Hathial, Government High School Dudhial, Government High School Mangwal and Government High School Neela Dhula.

During his visit to Government High School Jhatha Hathial, he caught three candidates while they were cheating and directed officials to lodge an FIR against them. They have also been asked to replace the entire staff of the examination centre immediately. He reprimanded examination staff in Government High School Mangwal for non-compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and poor performance.

The controller examination conducted raids on various examination centres. He visited Government High School Anjra and caught another candidate cheating. He also suspended supervisor of the centre at Government High School Jaffar for suspected working in the centre.

Mr Khan said that students were the architects of the future, therefore every possible effort should be made to ensure the conduct of fair and transparent examinations for honest evaluation and assessment of their hard work and skills.

In this regard, he expressed concern over the increasing trend of copying.

The lack of competence and skills in today’s society is due to cheating in examination, he said and added that this is the reason why the majority of apparently educated people today do not meet the criteria of ability and competence.

He said that it was the duty of teachers and parents to play their role towards making the new generation honest and tell them not to cheat as this would not help them in their practical lives.

“There is a dire need to rid the society of this scourge. It is the responsibility of examiners, principals, teachers and guardians to train the new generation,” he added.

Published in Dawn, May 3rd, 2023