Uttar Pradesh Board Examinations: English paper postponed after mass cheating at 2 centres in Mathura

The English paper of the Uttar Pradesh Board Examinations was postponed on Tuesday after reports of mass cheating incidents surfaced in two centres at Mathura.

The UP Board is yet to announce the next schedule of the English paper. The administration has released a WhatsApp number 9454457241 for registering cheating related complaints in order to check incidents of cheating in UP Board Exams.

Uttar Pradesh: Examinations for English paper was postponed after mass cheating incident came under notice at 2 centres in Mathura yesterday pic.twitter.com/gYfalmteRb

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 28, 2017

Earlier in March, students were seen copying and taking help from outside at several centres in Mathura during Uttar Pradesh Board Examinations for Classes X and XII, following which over 70 students and teachers were been booked.

Pictures and videos showed friends and relatives of the students scaling walls and passing chits through windows at the exam centre.

Also Read: Video | Mass-level cheating witnessed during class 10 board exam in Haryana