Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Mar 22: The students of Class 12th and their parents today held protest as State Education authorities shifted Exam Centre from Govt Higher Secondary School Jamola to Dangri GHSS on the complaints of mass copying while CEO placed a member of examination staff (teacher) under suspension.
Official sources said that on the report submitted by flying squad led by Assistant Secretary BOSE Ashok Kumar and Lecturer Keshav Sharma on mass copying on March 18 at Centre No. 4619, GHSS Jamola, the authorities changed the Exam Centre to Dangri with the intervention of DC Rajouri and CEO Rajouri. Today was Math and Sociology papers of the students of class 12th.
A total 31 students from Jamola did not move to the new Centre for appearing in examination and held protest along with their parent s and locals of the area at their own village, Jamola.
It may be recalled that on March 18 when the team arrived at Jamola Exam Centre, Ashok Sharma Asstt Secy and Lecturer Keshav were attacked by some people outside the Centre when they framed some unfair means cases against some students, seized cheating material/ books and raised strong objections to the mass copying going on at the Exam Centre. One of them was staff member of that Centre. They also damaged their vehicle.
Both the members reported the matter to DC Rajouri, Shabir Ahmed Bhat the same day and also lodged a case FIR No. 111/ 2017 at Police Station Rajouri against the accused persons the next day . While the CEO Rajouri suspended teacher Mohd Azam, deputed at the Centre while action against the other staff members for allowing mass copying in the Exam Centre is yet awaited. The State Education authorities have initiated inquiry into the matter.