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To prevent cheating, UP board to install voice recorders in examination halls

To ensure that there is no cheating in the 2019 high school and intermediate examinations, the UP Board has now made installation of digital voice recorders mandatory in every examination hall of all government-aided and self-financed schools. The UP Board has now made installation of digital voice recorders mandatory in every examination hall of all government-aided and self-financed schools. With this move, the UP Board, considered one of the largest examination bodies in the world, has earned the distinction of being the only such body in the country to make CCTV cameras with DVRs mandatory to curb the use of unfair means. UP Board secretary Neena Srivastava said that the decision to equip the existing CCTV cameras in schools with DVRs came after instances of invigilators and other staff reciting solved answers from a corner of the examination hall were reported in the 2018 exams.

Hindustan Times

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