Many loopholes observed Primary & middle exami under Punjab Examination Commission
ATTOCK: Many loopholes and anomalies were observed during the primary and middle standard examinations held under the control of PEC (Punjab Examination Commission).
The PEC has been spending millions of rupees on this centralised examination system under which question papers and answer sheets are provided to the students across the Punjab of the same standard.
Although the centralised system of examination has been started to improve the standard of education yet having loopholes and needs a lot of improvement. This has been learnt through reliable sources that the answer sheets provided to the students for primary and middle examinations having no serial numbers. There have been reports that such kind of answer sheets could easily be replaced during marking of papers or during the examination.
Sources revealed that at many examination and marking centers, such anomalies took place where the students having approach to the teachers managed to replace their answer sheets. This has also been reported in most of the cases the answer sheets were not signed by the superintendent concerned and to cover this violation at many marking centres the superintendents are busy in signing the answer sheets.
Contrary to the rules the objective papers were attempted by the students using lead pencils. This has also been reported that the examiners had not taken the examination in letter and spirit. Most of the teachers told The News that it was a futile exercise. Another thing which needs attention of the authorities is that teachers deputed as examiners at different centres were from nearby schools thus having no affective control during the examination.
Reportedly, at one centre in tehsil Jand duplicate objective paper answer sheets were produced from a student taking examination but no action was taken against the staff, which is a question mark. Some of the teachers are of the view if no student would be failed then spending millions of rupees by PEC is just drainage of exchequer.
A senior teacher said if PEC wanted to hold fair and transparent examinations then examiners and superintendents must be deputed from other tehsils. A science teacher said that holding of primary and middle examination in this month is hampering the studies of the students of other classes especially of 9th and 10th as most of the teachers have been deputed on examination duty to conduct examinations and for marking the papers.
