Ludhiana, November 12
It will not be easy for the centers or schools to get away with mass-copying as from now onwards, the guilty schools, caught for mass copying during the annual examinations of various classes under Punjab School Education Board, will be banned for conducting examinations for at least two years.
The step has been taken by the Education Department, Punjab, to tighten the noose over such defaulting centers, which encourage copying.
Talking to The Tribune, Sikandar Singh Maluka, education minister, Punjab, said department was going to act tough against such centers, which encouraged mass-copying for getting good results.
"They will be banned to conduct the board exams for at least two years, if proved guilty. The department is in no mood to spare such centers, which, for vested interests, were playing with the future of the next generations," said Maluka.
Presently centers held responsible for mass-copying, were asked to pay an amount of Rs 20,000 as penalty to the Board but no action was taken against them due to the political pressures.
The president of Nakal Virodhi Teachers' Front, Punjab, Sukhwinder Singh said ideally such centers should have been cancelled by the Board but due to reasons best known to the board and education department, no stern action was taken against the erring centers with the result that mass-copying continued unabated in government and private schools (affiliated with PSEB) in Punjab.
"Every year, huge numbers of centers are held guilty but due to lenient view taken by the board, the practice goes unabated.
Though during the last annual board exams of various classes, the then DGSE, KS Pannu personally took keen interest and visited several centers.
The department or the board must not succumb to the political pressures and must save the future of the students", said Sukhwinder Singh.
It will not be easy for the centers or schools to get away with mass-copying as from now onwards, the guilty schools, caught for mass copying during the annual examinations of various classes under Punjab School Education Board, will be banned for conducting examinations for at least two years.
The step has been taken by the Education Department, Punjab, to tighten the noose over such defaulting centers, which encourage copying.
Talking to The Tribune, Sikandar Singh Maluka, education minister, Punjab, said department was going to act tough against such centers, which encouraged mass-copying for getting good results.
"They will be banned to conduct the board exams for at least two years, if proved guilty. The department is in no mood to spare such centers, which, for vested interests, were playing with the future of the next generations," said Maluka.
Presently centers held responsible for mass-copying, were asked to pay an amount of Rs 20,000 as penalty to the Board but no action was taken against them due to the political pressures.
The president of Nakal Virodhi Teachers' Front, Punjab, Sukhwinder Singh said ideally such centers should have been cancelled by the Board but due to reasons best known to the board and education department, no stern action was taken against the erring centers with the result that mass-copying continued unabated in government and private schools (affiliated with PSEB) in Punjab.
"Every year, huge numbers of centers are held guilty but due to lenient view taken by the board, the practice goes unabated.
Though during the last annual board exams of various classes, the then DGSE, KS Pannu personally took keen interest and visited several centers.
The department or the board must not succumb to the political pressures and must save the future of the students", said Sukhwinder Singh.
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