Board exams 2019 to go live in Madhya Pradesh

Board exams 2019 : The live telecast will be held as a pilot project in Bhind (502 km north of Bhopal) and Morena (465 Km north of Bhopal), both notorious for mass copying.

Updated on: Feb 21, 2019, 19:31:05 IST

Hindustan Times, Bhopal | By Shruti Tomar

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For the first time, the MP Class 10 and 12 board exams, conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Board for Secondary Education, will be telecast live from two districts to the officials who want to keep tabs on how exams are going on, said officials.

Board exams 2019 : For the first time, the MP Class 10 and 12 board exams, conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Board for Secondary Education, will be telecast live from two districts to the officials who want to keep tabs on how exams are going on, said officials. (HT file)

The live telecast will be held as a pilot project in Bhind (502 km north of Bhopal) and Morena (465 Km north of Bhopal), both notorious for mass copying.

The board has deputed 100 observers armed with mobile phones along with a technical assistant each in these two districts. The observers will take live videos with their mobile phones and also report on the ground situation.

The live feed will only be available to senior district officials and those at the MPBSE through a common IP address.

Bhind collector Chotey Singh said, “Installation of CCTv cameras or videography of each centre is a costlier affair and needs more hands to handle it. Like a Facebook live, we need a mobile with internet connection, one handler and one reporter under this concept. For better connectivity, we have not made the centres in remote area, where there is issue of internet connectivity.”

The observers will be reshuffled at different centres so that local people aren’t able to put any kind of pressure on them, officials said.

MPBSE secretary Ajay Gangwar said, “We are going to introduce this concept of live telecast under a pilot project in two districts only. According to response and success rate, we will do it in other districts too from the next year.”

Over 1.87 million students(1.13 million in Class 10 and 7.25 lakhs in class 10) will appear in the MP board exam conducted by MPBSE. The Class 12 board exam will start from March 2 and end on April 2 while class 10 exam will start on March 1 and end on March 27.

MPBSE will conduct a separate special board exam for specially-abled students of Madhya Pradesh. The exams will be conducted in the afternoon and special paper will be set for them. The students will be provided extra time and facilities for writing the exam like laptop and tablets.

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Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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