UP?Board Exams 2021: ‘There could be single invigilator in exam hall instead of two’

Lucknow | Sunday | 3rd January, 2021

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Lucknow: Instead of usual two, there could be just one invigilator in a room to monitor conduct of the exam in the 2021 UP Board examination.

This will happen if there is shortage of teachers for invigilation duties because of the need to increase the number of examination halls by seating fewer examinees owing to the corona crisis, said state education department officials.

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Lucknow: Instead of usual two, there could be just one invigilator in a room to monitor conduct of the exam in the 2021 UP Board examination.

This will happen if there is shortage of teachers for invigilation duties because of the need to increase the number of examination halls by seating fewer examinees owing to the corona crisis, said state education department officials.

In order to maintain social distancing, a major change has been made in the process of making exam centres and duly incorporated in the state government approved UP Board Intermediate and High school exam-2021 centre allotment policy, they explained.

Officials share that on 2021 UP Board exams, each centre will have a minimum allocation of 150 students and a maximum of 800 students.

In previous years, there were up to 1200 students in one exam center.

Likewise, each student would be given 36 square feet of space instead of 20 square feet.

According to the UP Board standards, a room is 500 square feet would have seating arrangement for a maximum of 14 or 15 children.