CBSE Makes CCTV Surveillance Mandatory For Board Exam Centres
Around 44 lakh students are expected to write the CBSE 10th and 12th board examinations to be conducted at 8,000 examination centres.
HYDERABAD: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has made it mandatory to install Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras at the schools designated as examination centres for the Class 10 and 12 board examinations.
With around 44 lakh students expected to write the examinations across India and 26 countries in 2025, the board will designate approximately 8,000 schools as examination centres.
In a directive issued to all affiliated schools, the CBSE has made it clear that any school that does not have CCTV facility will not be considered as an examination centre. The new CCTV policy aims to ensure the smooth conduct of the examinations by checking malpractices by ensuring stringent monitoring capabilities.
Key takeaways of CCTV policy
CCTV installation and operation: Schools must install cameras to cover all examination areas, ensuring high-resolution footage is recorded continuously throughout the examination period.
Privacy compliance: All students and staff must be notified about the CCTV installation, with measures in place to protect the confidentiality of the recordings. Footage will only be accessible to the authorised personnel and retained for two months after the declaration of results.
Monitoring protocol: One responsible individual will be assigned for every ten examination rooms or 240 students to ensure fair conduct during the examinations.
To view the detailed notice on CCTV policy issued by the CBSE, click here.
This initiative aligns with CBSE’s commitment to uphold integrity in education and reflects the objectives of the National Education Policy-2020. The CBSE has recently organised a workshop at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in New Delhi aimed at equipping 150 principals from CBSE schools with strategies to support students’ emotional and psychological well-being.
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