UP 10th, 12th board exams 2019 start today, 58 lakh students set to appear

UP Board Exams 2019: The Board of High School and Intermediate Education Uttar Pradesh (UPMSP) class 10 and class 12 examinations will start from today. The state board examinations will begin on February 7, 2019. While the high school exam is ending on February 28, the last intermediate exams will be conducted on March 2.

Earlier, according to the Indian Express report, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, “If anybody is found cheating, the DM, DIOS, principal and the examination superintendent concerned would be held responsible. CrPC section 144 is to be invoked in the 100-metre area of all the centres. In all the sensitive districts, the DIOS would construct a patrolling team for the inspection of the centres.”

The UP Board Exam 2019 will be held across 8,354 centers in the state. The candidates who will be appearing for Intermediate of Matric exams need to check the date sheet available at upmsp.edu.in. Along with this, candidates appearing for Class 10 & Class 12 Board exams will have to keep some of the instructions in mind for the exam.

The CM also mentioned that CCTV cameras and voice recording devices would be installed at all the 8,354 centres. The cheating mafias will be booked under the stringent National Security Act (NSA). “We will take stringent action against those who run gangs that aid the use of unfair means during board exams, change answer sheets, leak question papers and resort to other mass-copying antics. We will take stringent action against them and not hesitate in imposing the NSA on them,” Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma said earlier to the Indian Express.

STF Senior Superintendent of Police Abhishek Singh told the Indian Express that they are prepared to ensure a free and fair examination. “We have to identify the cheating mafias and take strict action against them. During examinations, we will conduct surprise checks. We will also be taking help of the local police,” the SSP said.

There are many first this time. The UP Board has also switched to NCERT pattern. Class 12 students will be writing one paper for subjects such as Hindi, English, maths, physics, chemistry, biology etc. The Model Paper of the examination has already been uploaded on the site. The model question papers available on the UP Board site are of CBSE pattern. More than 4 crore answer sheets have been printed and distributed for the exam.