DODA: Although the Government is showing keen interested to raise the educational standard of throughout the state, particularly in rural areas and have banned ReTs to conduct exams, but in Districts of Kishtwar and Doda, the educational standard is decreasing with each passing day. The reason for such odd situation in educational field is matter of great concern. But at the same time while we look at the examination system in entire Doda region, particularly in rural areas, where the selective superintendents and supervisory staff has been posted, and pre examination tie up has been made with the examinees who have been kept at liberty to do open large scale mass copying.
In order to save their skin, some teachers and lecturers try to show the high percentage of results either by hook or crook, thus give rise to the mass copying Industry which is expanding its roots every year. It is further quite strange that the Board authorities at State and District level keep mum on this issue, and it has been alleged by a group of Scholars and educationists that the BOSE officials have hand in glow with these selective groups of teachers promoting mass copying.
“If you want to get pass %age or high %age you have to choose the exam center in rural areas it has been also observed that some wards of doctors, Lectures, engineers and other gazetted officers are studying in highly reputed private schools in Jammu, Kishtwar, Doda and other towns but they are admitted in Govt schools in rural areas to get double benefit i,e. to get RBA benefit and to increase their merit above 90% by writing answer sheets in special room with the help of special supervisors. this menace reached at its peak with the introduction of government job on merit basis and the schemes like ReT and appointment of teachers or any other posts by service selection board wherein the board consider 12 class percentage which plays vital role in making the government appointments. Though the service selection board shifted to objective type test paper for teachers and few other posts, but the menace of mass copying also hit the meritorious job aspirants here as well.
While making the appointments under ReT, the selection list penal is made purely on academic merit basis thus further promoting the menace of mass copying in Chenab valley. The students and their parents look desperate for increasing the percentage of marks in 10th and 12th class examination for which the parents of the students seems ready to pay money. As per the reports from the trusted sources, the nexus between the board employees and some employees of education department involved in conducting the examination charge Rs.8000-10000 for getting high percentage. Charging 300 or 500 per practical from students during practical examination has becom compulsory for some teachers and lecturers. Why the practical exams are conducted from the students who have never seen laboratory in rural high schools and Higher secondary schools in is out of conception.