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New Delhi : The HRD Ministry has constituted a High Powered Committee to examine the entire system of conducting Class X and Class XII examination conducted by the CBSE with a view to prevent leakages of exam papers. Vinay Sheel Oberoi, retired Secretary (Higher Education), MHRD, will be the Chairperson of the 7- member High Power Committee.
The terms of reference of the Committee are: To revisit all aspects related to the security checks built into the system for ensuring that the question papers reach the examinees without tampering, To examine and assess all areas of potential weakness in the present system of transporting question papers from the printing presses to the examinees, and To suggest ways in which the system can be made more secure with the use of technology and minimization of human intervention.
Pavnesh Kumar, Retired Controller of Examination, CBSE, and former Secretary, UP Examination Board, Prof. J S Rajput, India representative on the executive board of the UNESCO, former director, NCERT, and former Chairman NCTE, Prof. Vasudha Kamat, Independent Director, IRCON, & Former VC, SNDT Women’s University, Prof. Krishna Mohan Tripathy, Ex-Director of Education, UP, and Chairman, Board of High School & Intermediate Education, UP, Senior representative of DG, NIC, Joint Secretary (Secondary Education-II), are the other members of the High Powered Committee.
The High-Powered Committee will submit its report by on or before May 31, 2018, according to a PIB release.