CBSE Instruction Module For Schools To Discourage Cheating, New Security Mechanism In Place To Identify Malpractice

An instruction module will be issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to all the schools to discourage students from cheating in the exams, a member of the Board said on Friday, 18 January.

NDTV quoted the senior official as saying, “Cheating is an individual malpractice. This year we are doing something special to bring down the instances of cheating. We will be issuing a module to the schools by next week. It talks about why cheating is unethical and immoral. It will have case studies to that effect.”

Compared to 56 cases of cheating and malpractice in 2016, the following year saw the numbers being doubled to 119. In 2018 too, the figures are similar. Last year, CBSE had landed into trouble when the question papers of mathematics and economics for class X and XII respectively, got leaked.

Furthermore, the official said, “I cannot reveal the security mechanism we have brought in. But we have put in place a system which will help us identify any malpractice if it takes place. The system has been strengthened at all levels. We are conducting exams a little early this year at the instruction of the Delhi High Court, which had said that the schools results should not coincide in anyway with the Delhi University admissions. To that effect, the results this year will be announced early in May.”