The State government of Hyderabad is taking extra precautions for the upcoming 10th class exams, which will be held from April 3. This is in response to the recent incident of the leak of TSPSC question papers, which has caused political controversy in the state. The District Education Officers (DEOs) have been given special powers to ensure that the exams are conducted strictly and with fool-proof arrangements. Additional Special Teams will be created to monitor the exams from the distribution of exam papers to each center and the completion of the exams. The officials have been instructed to coordinate with the police for bandobast at all examination centers, and the police will provide escort to the vehicles for transportation of confidential material.
The DEOs have been entrusted with the responsibility of safe transportation of examination papers in light of the TSPSC paper leak issue. Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari held a video conference with top officials of the Education wing and asked them to complete verification of infrastructure facilities in all examination centers. The officials informed the Chief Secretary about the steps taken to appoint examination personnel, flying squads, distribution of confidential material to storage points, and other logistics like arrangement of CCTV cameras in all examination centers, issuing identity cards to all personnel appointed for examination duties, etc.
As the state was experiencing scorching heat, the Chief Secretary instructed the Medical and Health department to depute one ANM at each examination center along with ORS packets and first aid kits on all days of examinations. The TSRTC will run more buses to enable candidates to reach the examination centers on time. The electricity department will provide uninterrupted power supply during preparation days and during the examination period.
Officials said that examinations will be conducted with 6 papers instead of 11 papers, and they will be held from morning 9.30 am to 12.30 pm. However, the duration of composite course and science papers will be from 9.30 am to 12.50 pm. 4,94,620 students will be appearing in the exams, of which 4,85,826 are regular students. The exams will be held in 2,652 centers across the state. These measures have been put in place to ensure that the exams are conducted smoothly and without any issues.
