Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Dr Dinesh Sharma is also the Minister for Secondary Education and Higher Education, Science and Technology, Electronics and Information Technology, Government of Uttar Pradesh. In an exclusive interaction with Vishwas Dass, Dr Sharma speaks shares how IT is bringing transformative changes in the education sector along with other key citizen centric initiatives
Kindly brief us about usage of IT to put an end to cheating in the board exams. How have you transformed the education department of Uttar Pradesh in two years?
When the Council of Ministers took the pledge on March 19, 2017, even the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that cheating in the board exams was prevalent in Uttar Pradesh and the cheating racket had emerged as a business in the state. It was a huge challenge before us at that time. We used IT to curb cheating practice in the exams and over five lakh students did not turn up to write their exams because of the fear of getting caught by the invigilators.
That apart, we made all exam centres online to monitor their activities and CCTVs with voice recording features were installed in all such centres to keep a hawk's eye. We also stopped the practice of self centres for board exams and allocated different exam centres to students to ensure they do not get any preferential treatment and exams are conducted in a smooth and fair manner. By using technology, we also reduced number of exam centres from 12,000 to 11,345 in the state. We succeeded in conducting cheating-free exams.
How has technology helped you in bringing about reforms in the education system, what are your key achievements?
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