11 people booked for running fake exam centres - UP Board Exam 2020

A school clerk in Uttar Pradesh has been found using his house as an examination centre of the state board to help students cheat in the Class 12 test in Deoria district. 11 people have been arrested in connection with the case, while the clerk is on the run.

When the policemen entered the clerk's home in a surprise raid, the 'answer solvers' were seen writing on the sheets with question papers placed next to them.

A video taken by the police shows an inspector asking boys and girls present at the clerk's home what they were doing and why they were in the house. One of the girls can be



heard saying, "We are solving exam papers."

The police said they are in the process of identifying other school employees involved. At least two students who allegedly paid for their test papers to be solved at the clerk's home have been identified.

A team of 'test solvers' worked on stamped answer sheets, which would be later added to the answer sheets of students, the police said.

An estimated 56 lakh students are taking the UP board's Class 10 and Class 12 exams. The state government has set up a monitoring unit and the exam centres have CCTV camera coverage.