LAHORE: Following the discovery of a widespread cheating scandal in the class-IX annual exams in Lahore on Wednesday, the Punjab government fired ninety-three private invigilators at the Lawrence Road center and filed complaints against them for encouraging cheating.
The scandal came to light when Punjab Food Minister Bilal Yasin visited the Lawrence Road examination center on the instructions of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.
Many students reported to him during his visit that they were being solicited to pay bribes to help them solve the paper. The students said that the invigilators were requesting Rs 7,000 from each of them in exchange for a favor, and they added that larger sums were required for assistance with the mathematics paper.
In response to the complaint, the minister issued an order terminating all ninety-three private invigilators.
He assured the students that everyone who broke the law had been fired and that they were facing legal repercussions.
Additionally, he added that ten cases had been filed in Lahore’s testing centers for egregious legal violations and that the suspects had been placed under arrest.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Lahore District Education Authority Pervez Akhtar was in attendance, along with other relevant officers.
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Due to subpar performance, the government had previously fired the controller of examinations and the head of BISE Lahore.
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has appointed a cabinet committee to look into the cheating scheme and the administration’s bad exam-related strategy in light of the gravity of the situation. The committee makes sure that the examination procedure is carried out legally and that no laws are broken.
The head of the cabinet committee had mandated that invigilators be appointed by normal government personnel in each examination center. He gave the administration instructions to put in place strong measures to stop exam cheating.
Examiner Muhammad Zahid Mian of BISE Lahore, in the meantime, inspected several testing locations at Jallo Morr and GT Road Manawan.
An invigilator at Higher Secondary School, Jallo Morr, was suspended from duty after it was discovered that they were encouraging cheating during the inspection.
Similar events occurred when the Punjab College of Commerce center was raided by Muredky Deputy District Education Officer, who discovered a private invigilator present. The PEEDA Act led to the arrest of the examination center’s senior superintendent.
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