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Chief Secretary, B R Sharma, Friday held a Video Conference with the officers of the Divisional administration Kashmir and Education Department to take stock of the arrangements made for the smooth conduct of 10th and 12th Class Examinations scheduled to begin from 14 November 2016 in the Kashmir Valley.
Principal Secretary, Home, Director General of Police, Special DG Coordination and Law and Order, Commissioner/Secretary School Education, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, IGP Kashmir Zone, Chairman, J&K State Board of School Education, All Deputy Commissioners of Kashmir Division, District SPs and Director School Education, Kashmir participated in the Video-Conference, an official spokesperson said this evening.
During the Conference, Special DG Coordination and Law & Order, Commissioner/Secretary School Education, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, IGP Kashmir Zone, Chairman Board of School Education and respective DCs/SPs gave a detailed account of the arrangements made for the smooth conduct of the examination.
Chief Secretary directed all the participants to take all precautionary measures and put in their best efforts for smooth conduct of the examination.
DGP on this occasion stressed that the action plan prepared in this regard be implemented in letter and spirit for ensuring free and fair examination.
Control Room regarding BOSE exams established in DC office Bandipora
According to the Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora with regard to SSE (10th class) and HSE (12th class) Annual/ Regular 2016, examinations, a control room has been established in the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora.
The control room shall work under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner Revenue.
Any person having any grievance/query/complaint may contact on the numbers, 01957226085, 01957226099, 9419513911, 9469000561 and 9906563285.
Commissioner Secretary Education reviews examination preparedness, flagship programmes
Commissioner Secretary School Education Department, Shaleen Kabra, today chaired a meeting to review the arrangements put in place for the conduct of board examinations and implementation of various flagship programmes under Education Sector.
Director School Education, Chairman BOSE, Additional Secretary School Education, Joint Directors and other senior officers from Directorate of School Education attended the meeting, while as Chief Education Officers of the valley districts participated in the meeting through video conferencing.
The Director School Education briefed the Commissioner Secretary that for board examinations which are commencing from November 14, 550 exam centres have been established for 55000 candidates for class 10th examination while as 484 exam centres have been set up for about 48000 candidates for class 12th examination across the Kashmir Division.
Regarding the examination arrangements, he said that special control rooms have been established across the valley at CEOs and ZEOs level, while a control room has also been established at directorate office for better coordination.
He informed that Magistrates for each exam centre have already been notified, besides relocation of the centres is being done wherever required. He added that night vigil is being maintained at all exam centres and examination material has been dispatched to respective police stations for their further distribution.
On the occasion, the Commissioner Secretary directed CEOs to give wide publicity regarding relocation of exam centres so that candidates do not face any inconvenience.
For fresh admissions, Kabra said that no-detention policy for school children would be made effective from 2017, meanwhile previous practice will continue.
During the meeting, he was informed that about 5000 students have been affected by damage to school buildings in various fire incidents. He directed to accommodate affected students by providing them admissions in nearby schools and asked the CEOs to rearrange staff among these schools.
While reviewing the progress in implementing various flagship programmes, the Commissioner Secretary was informed that various schools have been identified for establishing herbal gardens and a few have already been established. The Secretary called for early completion of preparatory and construction work for such gardens.
On introduction of smart classrooms, he directed the CEOs for installation of logistics in their respective districts within 20 days so that these classrooms are made properly functional. He said that purpose of such classrooms is not only to provide digital literacy and computer training to students and teachers but to act as hub of community knowledge centres as well.
