AHMEDABAD: Two dummy candidates were nabbed on Monday by the officials of the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) for taking class 10 and 12 exams in Ahmedabad.This is for the first time in seven years that two dummy candidates have been nabbed in a single day in the city.Three cases of cheating, including one in Surat, were registered on Monday. The students of class X took the Gujarati language exam while class XII students took the second language exam.Lokesh Rajveer Yadav, a private student, was caught taking the class 10 exam for another student at Rachana School, Nava Vadaj. A police complaint has been filed against Yadav. In Maninagar’s Lalita Green Lawns School, Amit Yadav, also a private student, was caught taking the exam for a class 12 commerce student. A case has been registered against Amit Yadav.The candidates have been declared failed and have been barred from taking any examination for two years. Action has also been initiated against the students on whose behalf the dummy candidates took the exams.“A flying squad was alerted based on a tip-off,” said R C Patel, district education officer, Ahmedabad. “We are examining CCTV footage to determine if they were involved in other cheating cases.”It’s that time of the year again when students appearing for board, school and college examinations would undergo the process and stress associated with it. The Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar , Gujarat (IIPH-G) in collaboration with National Mental Health Program (NMHP) has developed a mobile application ‘Conquer Exam — Be a Warrior’ to help the students. Somen Saha, associate professor, IIPH-G and lead developer of the initiative, said that the application has two sections — for students and parents.“We decided to develop an app which will also connect the user to Jeevan Aastha helpline if needed,” he said.The application provides memorizing tips, motivational boosters and success stories to the users and also encourages them to share their stories and struggle, assuring them that they are not alone in their journey.

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