West Bengal Board of Secondary Education issues Madhyamik Pariksha advisory

The state secondary education board sent an advisory in the midst of the ongoing Madhyamik exams on Monday, asking the secretaries of all exam centres to strictly “uphold the SOP of the board”.

The examination, with 2,867 centres across West Bengal, began on Thursday and will end on March 4.

Ramanuj Ganguly, the president of the ad hoc committee constituted to run the board, wrote “complacency” in certain areas “seems to be overpowering the sense and denting the alertness of those upon whom the examination responsibility rests”.

“Thus I felt the need to write to you personally to highlight and remind you all, in the forthcoming four examinations, from tomorrow (Tuesday) that uphold the instructions/ SOP of the boardstrictly,” Ganguly wrote.

“Please note that the board would be taking from every centre/venue their respective CCTV footage of all the seven days of the examination”.

“Keep the windows of halls open and a team of mobile invigilators in the corridor is to keep track of every examination hall. You should not allow unauthorised persons within the premises under any circumstances,” says the advisory.

Swapan Mandal, of the Bengal Teachers’ and Employees’Association, said: “It seems insome areas the SOP is not being adhered to,” he said.

Ganguly said: “We have sought to caution all those concerned to maintain their vigilance in the remaining four days of the examination as well.”

Close to 7 lakh examinees are writing Madhyamik.

Artworks on display

Artworks themed on Freedom and Awakening are on display at the art gallery of Alipore Museum.

Bishwarup Dutta

Gandhi walking alone in a deserted landscape and women working in a multitude of professions — these are two of the 23 artworks themed on Freedom and Awakening that are on display at the art gallery of Alipore Museum. Some of the 23 artists whose works are on display came together to talk about their work at the gallery on Monday. Gandhi walking alone was a way of indicating that the country and its people have moved away from the philosophy of the Mahatma, said painter Bholanath Rudra.

The depiction of women working in various professions showed the personal freedom of women has grown over the years, said its creator, Soma Das. Works of Suvaprasanna and Jogen Chowdhury are also on display. The 23 artists composed the works, on display since September, during a weeklong art camp in June last year.

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