Mass copying complaints: JKBOSE registers several cases
Such complaints came to fore at a time when the Education Minister Sakina Itoo, Financial Commissioner and concerned Director School Education visited various examination centres across J&K
Srinagar: Complaints about alleged mass copying by the students in the examination centres in various parts of Jammu and Kashmir are pouring in from different quarters, throwing a major challenge for the authorities to maintain sanctity of the ongoing exams.
The complaints have poured in from various examination centres in Kashmir and Jammu division, raising questions on the sanctity of the examination maintained by the concerned staff deployed for the exams. The class 10th, 11th and 12th examinations are being conducted by the JKBOSE in soft and hard zone areas across Jammu and Kashmir. However the complaints of mass copying in exam centres has put a spotlight on JK Board of School Education (BOSE).
Besides the verbal complaints, the stakeholders have sent emails to the concerned authorities in JKBOSE following which the officers have conducted several inspections of the examination centres in different areas across J&K. Such complaints came to fore at a time when the Education Minister Sakina Itoo, Financial Commissioner and concerned Director School Education visited various examination centres across J&K.
“We received messages and several emails from people who complained about copying in examination centres. In wake of this, a team of officers from JKBOSE conducted inspection of several examination centres to assess the ground situation,” a top official of JKBOSE told Greater Kashmir. On February 28 of 2025 a team from JKBOSE conducted inspection of various examination centres in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district and two cases of cheating were prepared against the students.
“The team visited around nine centres designated in three schools of Baramulla. In one of the schools, two cheating cases were registered against the students in one of the schools,” an official said. The situation in Jammu is no different as stakeholders have apprised the authorities about the mass copying being encouraged in the examination centres. The stakeholders have sought strict action against those involved in this misconduct and who encourage such malpractice which “mars the sanctity of the examination.”
In wake of the complaints, the Directorate of School Education Jammu (DSEJ) has issued an official communication to all the Chief Education Officers (CEOs) with the instructions to take appropriate steps.
“This directorate has received complaints from various quarters and stakeholders regarding mass copying and malpractice in the ongoing class 10th, 11th and 12th examination,” reads an official communication issued to all the CEOs of Jammu division. “In view of these complaints, you are directed to take appropriate action,” it reads. An official said the JKBOSE has taken cognisance of the complaints and random inspections of examination centres are being conducted to discourage any sort of malpractice inside the examination centres.