College students discovered with devices to face motion: CHSE

BHUBANESWAR: Ahead of the Annual Higher Secondary Examination (AHSE) 2026, the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) on Tuesday warned that college students present in possession of digital devices on the examination centres shall be handled as adopting malpractice.

The examination is slated to be held from February 18 to March 21. Issuing tips for clean conduct of the examination for Plus II remaining yr college students, the council said that no pupil shall be allowed to hold any paper apart from the admit card. They can even not be allowed to hold digital gadgets together with cell phone, pager and imaging gadget to the examination centres.

It stated squad members and officers engaged for examination responsibility will test college students each on the entrance gate and door of the examination corridor. As a remaining warning, the invigilator will learn out a message for all within the examination corridor searching for handover of such machine or paper, in case any pupil possesses them. However, if the identical is recovered after graduation of the examination, it will likely be handled as adopting malpractice, the council warned.

It additional requested the centre superintendents to make sure correct functioning of CCTVs in any respect examination halls and centres, and to be sure that query papers are opened and distributed and reply sheets collected below digital camera surveillance.

The CHSE has additionally burdened on correct seating preparations in all examination centres, specifying {that a} pupil ought to ordinarily be allowed a ground area of seven.5 sq ft whereas showing for the take a look at.

“If the seating arrangement is found to have been done in a scattered manner, steps will be taken for cancellation of the sitting and the school will also be dropped as an examination centre,” the Council warned.