In Gorakhpur, UP, the high school and intermediate board examinations of the Secondary Education Council will start at 197 examination centers in the district amid tight security arrangements and monitoring. The administration and education department have made extensive arrangements to make the examination fair, transparent and cheating-free. This time a total of one lakh 33 thousand 534 candidates will appear in the examination. Of these, there are 67,642 high school and 65,892 intermediate candidates. The examination will start from 18th February and continue till 12th March.

On the first day, the first question paper of both high school and intermediate will be of Hindi. High school examination will be held from 8:30 am to 11:45 am. Intermediate examination will be conducted as per the scheduled time table from 2 pm to 5:15 pm. The district jail has also been made an examination centre, where 22 prisoners will appear for the intermediate examination. One center administrator and two room inspectors have been deployed here.

Control room built here

A control room has been set up in the Government Jubilee Inter College of the city to monitor the examination. Live monitoring of examination centers will be done from here. Immediate action will be taken on any kind of irregularity or disturbance. District School Inspector Dr. Amarkant Singh, Principal Dr. Vishwaprakash Singh and Vice Principal Kiran Areto inspected the arrangements through CCTV cameras from the control room and gave necessary instructions to the officials.

Instructions have been given to the candidates by the administration. You will have to reach the examination center at least 30 minutes before the scheduled time. It is mandatory to bring identity card along with the admit card. Carrying mobile phones, smart watches, calculators or other electronic devices at the examination center will be completely prohibited.

Students will be able to take only these things

Candidates can carry only the prescribed stationery and will have to follow the instructions of the room invigilator while maintaining peace in the examination room. Strict action will be taken against any kind of copying or use of unfair means. To conduct the examination peacefully and in an organized manner, 10 mobile teams have been formed in the district. Of these, 6 teams will be active at the district level and 4 teams will be active at the divisional level.

Special caution is being taken regarding the security of question papers. Paper lockers at all examination centers will be opened only in the presence of the Static Magistrate, Center Administrator and Additional Center Administrator. Secure distribution has been ensured by matching the question papers, so that confidentiality is maintained.

Security arrangements are tight

To conduct the examination in a peaceful and orderly manner, 197 static magistrates, 198 center administrators, 198 outlying center administrators, 32 sector magistrates and 17 zonal magistrates have been deployed in the district. Apart from this, 8,265 room inspectors will be on duty. Section 144 will remain in force around the examination centres.

CCTV surveillance and security forces will be deployed. Apart from this, arrangements have been made for surveillance through CCTV cameras at all the centers and adequate number of police forces have been deployed. Tight security arrangements will also be maintained around the examination centres, so that the examination will be conducted in a peaceful environment.

Also read: UP Board exams are starting from today, these helpline numbers will be useful in case of any problem.

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The high school and intermediate examinations of Asia’s largest examination body, Council of Secondary Education i.e. UP Board, are starting from today i.e. 18th February, which will continue till 12th March. A total of 53 lakh 37 thousand 778 candidates will appear in the 2026 UP Board examination, which includes 27 lakh 61 thousand 696 high school students and 25 lakh 76 thousand 82 intermediate students. 8033 examination centers have been created in the entire state for UP Board examinations. At the same time, UP Board has made extensive arrangements for the examination in a cheating-free, fair and transparent manner.

Two command centers built in Lucknow

To conduct the UP Board examinations in a cheating-free and transparent manner, two command and control rooms have been created in the state capital Lucknow, while a command and control center has also been created in Prayagraj, the headquarters of the UP Board. From the Commandant Control Center set up at the headquarters, each strong room and examination center of 75 districts of 18 divisions of the state is being monitored online. Employees have been deployed 24 hours a day in three shifts of 8 hours each in the command and control room set up at the headquarters of the UP Board. 36 employees are working in every shift. Apart from this, control rooms have also been set up in all the regional offices of UP Board and DIOS office of every district, from where live monitoring of examination centers and strong rooms is being done.

These helpline numbers will help

Two helpline numbers 1800-180-5312 and 1800-180-5310 have also been issued in UP Board. These helpline numbers, which were started from February 3, are receiving phone calls from candidates, parents and teachers regarding problems and queries related to the board exams. Here too, four employees have been deployed in three shifts of 8 hours each. Children are asking a lot of questions on the helpline number regarding exam related problems and anxiety. At the same time, parents are also inquiring about the problems related to the examination centres.

How many examination centers in which category?

According to Minister of State for Secondary Education (Independent Charge) Gulab Devi, in view of the UP Board Exam, 18 districts have been declared sensitive, while 222 examination centers have been kept in the highly sensitive and 683 sensitive category. STF and local intelligence units at these centers will be kept active throughout the examination period. At the same time, inspection of highly sensitive centers has been ensured twice a day.

Lucknow’s toll free number will also help

To assist the candidates and parents, toll-free helpline numbers 18001806607 and 18001806608 have been issued at the State Level Control Room, Lucknow. Apart from this, complaints and suggestions can also be lodged through email, Facebook, X handle and WhatsApp. Along with Prayagraj headquarters, control centers have also been set up in the regional offices of Varanasi, Meerut, Bareilly and Gorakhpur.

What arrangements are there to stop copying?

Special security arrangements have been made to prevent copying. Additional reserve question paper sets of all subjects are kept safe in a double locked cupboard for contingency. Special security features including serial number in four colours, Council logo and subtle “UPMSP” marking have been added to the answer sheets to eliminate the possibility of tampering. This year, for the first time, the UP Sanskrit Shiksha Parishad examination will also be monitored online.

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