RAWALPINDI: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Rawalpindi conducted an operation on Monday against the cheating mafia and lodged cases against three teachers who entered the examination centre allegedly to help students in the intermediate annual examination.

As per BISE spokesman Arslan Cheema, the board’s chairman, Adnan Khan, conducted a grand operation against the cheating mafia in the examination centre at Government Higher Secondary School Basharat Chakwal under the ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’.

“Cases were registered against Ejaz Ahmed and Kamran Abid, and both were arrested on the spot. Besides, the superintendent of the examination centre, Mohammad Waqas, was also charged for negligence. The police reported about the presence of the teachers who came to the examination centre without permission of the BISE,” he said.

Mr Cheema further added that Deputy Commissioner Chakwal Quratul Ain immediately took notice of the incident and ordered departmental action by suspending the three teachers.

He said the BISE chairman also visited Government Associate College Choa Syedan Shah, Chakwal, Government Boys Higher Secondary School Kallar Kahar, Fauji Foundation Model Higher Secondary School Kallar Kahar and Military Cadet College Kallar Kahar.

Quoting the BISE chairman, Mr Cheema said cheating would never be allowed and strict legal action would be taken against those involved. He said Controller of Examinations Prof Sajid Mahmood Farooqui visited various examination centres, and during the visit, he checked the seating plans of the candidates and the attendance of examination staff.

He said transparency and merit would be the priorities during marking and instructions had been issued to all examiners in this regard.

The examination centres that the chairman visited were Government High School No. 1 Fatehjang, Government Boys High School No. 2 Fatehjang, Government Girls High School No. 1 Fatehjang, Government College for Women Fatehjang, Government Pilot Secondary School (Laboratory, Marking Centre), Government Girls College Attock (Examination Centre), Government Girls High School No. 1 (Laboratory, Examination Centre) and Government Boys Higher Secondary School Attock (Marking Centre).

Published in Dawn, April 23rd, 2024