Daily Times

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has decided to write an open letter to the parents whose children are going to appear in the forthcoming matriculation and intermediate examinations to stop their children from using unfair means in the examinations. “This is our collective responsibility to stop our future generation from taking little and immediate benefit by causing huge of their future.”

He said this while presiding over a meeting to evolve a strategy for taking preventive measures against using unfair means in the forthcoming examinations. The meeting was attended by Minister Education Jam Mehtab Dahar, Chief Secretary Rizwan Memon, Principal Secretary Naveed Kamran Balcoh, Secretary Education Aziz Uqaili, Chairmen of all the educational boards and other concerned officers.

The chief minister said that this is not only the responsibility of the government but the educational boards, examiners, invigilators and the parents who are equally responsible and to make a commitment not to allow anyone using unfair means in the examinations. “Instead of generating ill-educated drill of youngsters we should produce a few but genuinely education children who can compete in the market, local and international, and shine the name of their teachers, schools, parents and of the country, “this is what I humbly want from all of you,” he said.

Secretary University & Board Naveed Shaikh while briefing the chief minister said that there are seven board of education in Sindh which include Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education (BISE) Larkana, BISE Sukkur, BISE Shaheed Benazirabad, Board of Secondary education (BSE) Karachi, Board of Intermediate education (BIE) Karachi, BISE Hyderabad and BISE Mirpurkhas.

The chief minister directed the chief secretary to take necessary measures at the examination centers. Mobile phones must be banned and jammers should be installed in the vicinity to jam mobile phone signals. The photo copier machines and the facilitators of the candidates must be banned during the examinations.

He said that in case any question paper is leaked he would hold the concerned board responsible and take strict action. “I would suggest you to keep your system foolproof so that proper and in time distribution of the papers could be ensured,” he said.

In case if any internal or external or invigilator is found involved in allowing unfair means in the examination he would terminate them. “I am telling you that I would sign their termination letter and then let them go to the court of law,” he said and directed all the chairmen of the boards to send him the list of internal and external and supervisors along with their contact numbers so that he or his secretariat could coordinate with them.

The chief minister directed the chief secretary to coordinate with K-Electric, Hesco and SESCO not to resort to lead-shedding during examinations. “I would suggest you to reduce load-shedding hour even at night so that students could make proper preparation of their examinations.