NELLORE: Even as the government is claiming that strict measures are being taken to prevent copying in the ongoing tenth, Intermediate, degree and Post Graduate examinations, incidents of mass copying in the presence of the staff are being reported in some centres in the district.

Poor vigil

Poor vigil at examination centres, improper jumbling system, abetting of copying by some staff, no frisking before entering the examination hall, allotting duties to ineligible teachers (non-teaching staff and private teachers), bribing the staff, functioning of photocopies shops near the centres are some of the reasons for malpractice.

Students who worked hard for the examinations are complaining that the invigilators are not so serious in some centres, encouraging the private college students and other influential persons to indulge in copying.

Against rules

In a recent incident in Venkatagiri Raja College, in which an Intermediate student took away the answer sheet home, the student leaders allege that the college management deputed inexperienced and private school teachers for invigilation, which was against the rules of the board.

Ineligible staff

The parents and the students allege that some college managements were deliberately deputing ineligible staff for invigilation duty for helping the students of some private colleges.

However, V.R. College Vice-Principal S. Mastanamma said that there are about 67 teaching staff in the college. “As there is shortage of staff for doing invigilation for SSC, Intermediate and Degree examinations which are being conducted at the same time, we took private teachers for duty,” she said.

Duplicate copies

At many centres, the photostat copies shops (xerox centres) were kept open and in some institutions (where centres were allotted in colleges) and the staff are taking the duplicate copies of the question papers with their own machinery.

Police says that except enforcing Section.144 of IPC at the centres, it was not their duty to close the xerox centres.

Even there were cases of the SSC and Intermediate Boards relieving some staff from invigilation duties on charges of abetting copying.

Meanwhile, the student union leaders allege that malpractice was going on a large-scale in the examinations with the cooperation of some invigilators, departmental officers, chief superintendents, revenue, police and other top officials in the district.

Abetting malpractices during the examinations has turned out to be good income generation business for some staff.