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Consequences of a Power Cut During Examination and its Possible Solution

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Power cuts during examination, whether it is frequent or for shorter duration is strictly unacceptable. Some of the consequences of unscheduled power cut during exams are: Some students get the opportunity to cheat by discussing answers with neighbouring student or a friend who is in the same room.  Students who have prepared well for the exams may get interrupted and their performance may get affected due to the disturbance. Students who are not well prepared for the exams use power cut as an opportunity to blame examination conducting authorities for their bad performance. Overall, power cut during exams is not good for the student’s future. Also, the sanctity of education system gets adversely affected.  What measures should be taken in order to prevent such power cuts? In order to effectively stop such unwanted events, the best remedy is to arrange for a good power back-up system that can ensure uninterrupted power supply. Since power o...

Can Psychological Deterrents Be Used To Reduce Cheating In Examination?

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Presence of Anti-Cheating Devices in the examination hall has a huge impact on the mental state of a student. Student’s awareness about being caught through these devices in case of attempt to cheat can prove to limit his/her actions a great deal. It has been established that these psychological deterrents can be used to reduce cheating during the examinations quite effectively. Let’s find out how well they do so: Manual Frisking of Students : Manual frisking of every student by the security personnel leaves a huge impact on them. This will discourage them from stealing chits or carrying non-permissible gadgets within the examination hall with the purpose of cheating. Biometric Devices Outside Examination Halls - Impersonation control through biometric device is a must at the examination centre. The presence of iris and finger print checker will bar the entry of any impersonator. The measure will ensure entry of students whose credentials m...

Reasons Why Students Opt for Proxy Attendance during Examination?

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Now-a-days, students do from anything to everything to get good grades in exams, whether it means to carry chits within the examination hall or to hire a person to give exams instead of them. This gives them a huge advantage over the hard-working and bright students, which of course is totally unacceptable. As a consequence, many cases of impersonation have been reported in respected exams of the country like SSC exams, Medical entrance exams and school board examinations.  T here are many reasons why proxy attendance is becoming a popular choice among students which also states why impersonation control through biometric device has become inevitable to control such cases: 1.    Excessive pressure from parents and guardians : In a survey, students revealed that family pressure is one of biggest r easons behind the increase in anxiety and stress during the exams . Parents put undue pressure on their child to not only pass the examination but to get g...