UP Board changes 900 examination centres

This new system, however, boomeranged, having an adverse impact on girl students. Nearly 1,500 centres for girls were in remote areas, much against the policy of the state government to allot centres for girl within the radius of four to five km of their parent school.

In this regard, the Board had received almost 1,500 complaints, resulting in a change in the centres. This includes 15 centres in Lucknow and 20 centres in Allahabad. The Board had selected around 300 schools which were already blacklisted and not allowed to earlier conduct the examinations.

8220;We have received complaints from guardians and district inspectors of the schools. It is very likely that there would be more changes in the near future,8221; said Prabha Tripathi, Secretary of the Board. All district inspectors of the schools have been asked to send in their reports based on the complaints received by December 6. They have been asked to personally visit the centres verify the charges levied against them, she added. This year, around 55 lakh students 8212; the highest in a decade 8212; are appearing for the Board examinations from 15,000 schools across the state in 70 districts divided into four regions 8212; Meerut, Bareilly, Allahabad and Varanasi.