UP Board Exams 2025: Over 1.5 lakh examiners to evaluate 3 crore answer sheets under hi-tech vigil, guidelines issued

The answer sheets evaluated by each examiner will be randomly checked by experts from the Board Headquarters to ensure quality evaluation has been maintained.

Updated on: Mar 16, 2025, 15:05:56 IST

By Kenneth John, Prayagraj

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The evaluation of over 3 crore answer sheets of UP Board's high school and intermediate answer sheets would be held under hi-tech vigil of voice recorder enabled CCTV cameras at 261 evaluation centers across the state. The Board has issued guidelines to be followed during March 19 and April 2 for ensuring error free evaluation.

UP Board Exams 2025: The answer sheets will be evaluated in hi-tech vigil of voice recorder enabled CCTV cameras at 261 evaluation centers across the state, (Representative image)

Around 1.5 lakh evaluators have been deputed for the task of evaluation answer sheets of 51,37,233 candidates who appeared in the high school and intermediate examinations of the Board. Secretary of the Board Bhagwati Singh has made it clear that no negligence would be tolerated in evaluation of answer sheets.

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As per the guidelines set by the Board, each examiner will not be given more than 50 answer sheets per day or 700 answer sheets in the entire evaluation period in high school besides 80 per day or maximum 800 answer sheets of arts subject. Further, for evaluating intermediate answer sheets, each examiner would not be given more than 45 answer sheets per day or a total of 600 during entire evaluation period.

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The examiners will be given half the stipulated number of answer sheets to check before lunch and half after lunch.

The answer sheets evaluated by each examiner will be randomly checked by experts from the Board Headquarters to ensure quality evaluation has been maintained. In charge of all evaluation center have been directed to not allow unauthorized persons enter the evaluation center.

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Information regarding evaluators remaining absent from their duties would be given to District Inspector of Schools (DIOS) so that another teacher could be assigned duty.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kenneth John
Kenneth John is a seasoned journalist with over three decades of reporting experience with different national dailies. As a correspondent with Hindustan Times, he is known for his impactful grassroots journalism, focusing on stories that amplify the voices of marginalised communities and bring issues of public concern into the spotlight. Over the years, he has reported extensively on education, women and child welfare, health, crime, infrastructure, environment, human rights, rural development, poverty, and public policy. His work has consistently highlighted the challenges faced by vulnerable sections of society, particularly in rural and underserved regions. Recognised for his investigative and human-interest reporting, his notable stories include exposing severe child malnutrition in eastern Uttar Pradesh, where he documented instances of children eating mud to cope with extreme hunger. These reports drew attention to serious gaps in welfare delivery and prompted discussions on policy intervention and accountability. A keen observer of social and cultural transformations, he has covered three Mahakumbhs and two Kumbh Melas at Prayagraj’s Sangam, reporting on their religious, social, cultural, and administrative dimensions. Among his most widely discussed exclusives was the story on Uttar Pradesh’s first all-women gang, “D39,” in Kaushambi, revealing how poverty, child marriage, and domestic abuse pushed several women toward crime. His journalism continues to combine investigative rigour with deep human sensitivity.Read More

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