Centre distribution is done randomly by a PC, but activists feel it is flawed.
The registration for Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations just got over and the board will now scrutinise the forms to finalise the examination centres of all students. The distribution of centres is done randomly by a computer, but according to education activists the process is flawed.
Many times, students get home centres and chances of them copying increase. “Students taking this examination in their own school normally, get support from their own teachers,” said Sudhir Dani, an education activist. He said the board should do away with the process. “Students must not get home centre, as it increases the chances of using unfair means for passing this examination,” said Dani.
The distribution of centres is done by a computer and it is done randomly, so there is no guarantee if even two friends will get the same school.
“The centre is allotted alphabetically and even those from the same school do not get a common centre,” said Laxmikant Pandey, chairman, Mumbai division of Maharashtra state board.
Pandey said, “We have to ensure that examination centres are not located far away. “Students should get the nearest possible centre, easily accessible on the day of examination,” said Pandey. He added that in this condition, some students do get their own school as exam centres — an occurrence they cannot prevent as it is done randomly by a computer.
But, Dani says the computer executes according to the programming fed. “They can also program it such that no student receives his or her home centre for their exam,” said Dani. He added that schools never want that their results to go down. “If they find their own students are writing exams in their home centre, chances are high they will help them to improve their results,” claims Dani.
Dani claims to have found many schools deputing teachers teaching the same subject as invigilators during examinations. This he strongly condemns as a wrong practice. “We have strong guidelines and schools are asked to keep those teachers away on the day of paper. They are not allowed to enter the examination centre on that day,” said Pandey.
Copy cats
The distribution of examination centres is done by a computer and it is done randomly, so there is no guarantee if even two friends will get the same school
Sudhir Dani, an education activist, says the board should do away with the process.
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