Patna: As shocking visuals of large-scale copying by students during state Board matriculation exams in Bihar emerged, 760 students have been expelled over the mass cheating racket. Eight policemen have been arrested for aiding students in cheating.
Visuals showed parents and helpers scaling three to four storey exam centres to pass on chits to their wards.
The Patna High Court has also pulled up the state Education Minister PK Sahi for saying the government alone cannot ensure 100 per cent cheating-free examinations of this huge magnitude and that the onus falls on parents.
The Board's Special Examination Cell also said seven parents have been arrested for supplying chits to their wards at Rohtas and Siwan in the past two days.
A total of 14.26 lakh students were appearing for the exams at 1,217 centres in the state.
Shahi also admitted that cheating in exams was prevalent, particularly in the rural areas.
"It's not the only responsibility of the state to hold cheating-free examination. This cannot be achieved without help from society particularly parents of the examinees," Shahi said.
"Over 14 lakh examinees are appearing in the examination and with each of them, 4-5 persons including parents are going. Is it possible to keep an eye on over 60 to 70 lakh people?" Shahi asked.
He also said that it is not only happening in Bihar.
"Any examination of this scale in any part of the country has similar complaints."
He appealed to parents to ponder, asking, "Will scoring marks by this way shape the future of their wards?"
Shahi said the state government has asked Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh and police chief PK Thakur to further tighten arrangements at examination centres.
The images of the mass cheating also went viral on the social media with several prominent personalities including former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah posting the pictures.
(With additional information from PTI)
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