Copying in Exams
Sir,
Various Boards of
School Education which conduct annual
examinations of X, XII or even VIII class have to
devise ways and means to ensure proper conduct of
the examination, reducing the chances of copying
to the minimum, rather aiming at eliminating such
chances altogether. For this purpose, one of the
strategies adopted by the J&K Board of School
Education is introducing different sets of
question appers. This device can be effective in
preventing chances of copying. If at one centre
of examination, the candidates are supplied with
say four or five different question papers, so
that no two candidates sitting side by side or
one behind the other have the same question
paper. What the J&K Board is doing is that
one of the three or four different sets of
Question Papers is supplied to different centres,
so that all the candidates appearing at one
centre have the same question paper. This does
not serve the purpose behind the setting of
multiple question papers. The Board of School
Education Haryana has decided to introduce five
different sets of Question Papers in the Matric
& Plus Two examination commencing from March
14th. The same strategy will be adopted in the
Middle examination that will start from March 27.
The students sitting in the front, rear or the
left and rigth side of the candidate will have
different sets of question papers, thus making it
impossible for the examinee to indulge in
copying. Will The BOSE also adopt the same
strategy in J&K?
It has been
observed that previously the candidates of X
class were grouped into two categories viz Boys,
Girls and those of the XII class were classified
according to their streams, Science, Arts and
Commerce and the Roll Nos. were allotted to the
candidates according to the group to which they
belonged. Since last year it has been the
practice to split X class upto groups of 18 each
and Roll Nos. were allotted in different serials,
according to these groups. As a result of this,
the candidates of an institution have to appear
at different centres, so much so that 150
candidates of an Institution are allotted nine
different centres - of course in the same town.
While we do not understand the logic behind such
arrangement introduced since last year, it does
not enable one to find easily the over all result
of an institution which may be spread out at a
dozen or 20 places, under different serials in
the Result Gazette. One has to scan the result
gazette from cover to cover in order to calculate
the over all result of an institution. Beyond
this practical difficulty, the necessity or
desirability of the procedure is not
comprehensible. Will the concerned authority care
to throw light on it?
Yours etc.......
P N Raina
Shastri Nagar Kathua (J&K)
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Excelsior Internet
Edition
Sir,
I am a student
studying in Delhi. It's great pleasure to read
our own local newspaper on internet while staying
outside the State. I come to know each and every
news of my home town. I read our newspaper daily,
but Sir I am not able to read our Sunday
magazine. May be you do not publish the same on
the net edition.Please make arrangements to
publish sunday magazine on the net.
Yours etc....
Manu Gupta
manugupta123@rediffmail.com
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Gujjar culture
Sir,
Two reports have
been published in your esteemed paper on 5th and
14th March 2001 respectively on the problems
being faced by Gujjar and Bakerwal tribes of
Jammu and Kashmir State . It is a fact that
during this turmoil of eleven years, hundreds of
nomad Gujjars and Bakerwals became the cannon
fodder. Even the nomadic character of this
community has suffered heavy losses. Earlier, the
people belonging to this tribe used to seasonal
migrations in thousands in search of food and
fodder. But, now a days due to disturbing
situatution and installation of closures in
forest areas , this number has come down to
hundreds. Besides, during the last decade, it has
been observed that nomad families of this tribe
are not attaching any importance to the
folk-lore,nor are they so enthusiastic about
performing traditional festivals and other
rituals,and the folk-lore related with the moods
of nomadic style of life is also gradually
vanishing.The day to day exchange of fire in
boarder and hilly areas , ruthless killings,
massacre of tribals has resulted in vanishing of
the folk traditions and cultural heritage of this
major tribe of the state. The folk-songs,
folk-tales and other traditions associated with
the life of tribals is on a declining note. The
Gujjar culture of Dohaks and Bahaks is becoming a
story of the past. Besides, the folk traditions
which descended from one generation to an other,
from the times immemorial is fast disappearing
from the minds of the people of this tribe. The
print media is having a responsibility in
creating an atmosphere of awakening the masses
regarding this sensitive issue so that glorious
cultural heritage would be preserved.
Yours etc......
Javaid Rahi
81/9 Trikuta Nagar Jammu
javaidr@nde.vsnl.net.in
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Baseless
allegations
Sir,
The allegations
levelled by the sacked Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat
against Former Defence Minister Mr. George
Fernandes in his book "The inside
Truth" the contents of which were published
in this paper seem to be motivated, imaginary and
totally baseless. These allegations against the
Defence Minister of India are not only serious
but also disastrous for our security and
integrity. At the same time an important question
arises, why My. Bhagat did not inform such
security threat to the Supreme Commander of Armed
Forces i.e President of India or Prime Minister
of India, when he was serving as Naval Chief ? If
he could have informed the same to the President
or Prime Minister, then he could have done a
tremendous job. Therefore, after getting sacked
due to his own faults, his story about the
Defence Minister seems to be baseless and
artificial.
Yours etc...
Arvind Bhat
House No. 14 Toph Morh
Neelam Colony,
Subash Nagar Jammu
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