BSE Karachi examination dept all officials hold responsible for manipulation in SSC-II 2023 exam
Irfan Ali
CM orders Anti-corruption to hold
further inquiry
KARACHIThe Inquiry
Committee constituted by Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Justice (retd) Maqbool
Baqar to unearth the allegation of manipulation in the result of the annual
examination of SSC Part -II 2023 by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE)
Karachi has held the entire Examination responsible for glaring mistakes and
recommended to probe their malafide intentions through Anticorruption
Establishment.
The Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister
after receiving the complaints of manipulation in the result of SSC Part-II
Examination-2-23 by the BSE Karachi constituted a three-member committee
comprising Secretary School Education Dr Shereen Mustafa (Chairperson),
Additional Secretary U&B Ms Afshan Rubab, and Zuzain Katbar Section Officer
of U&B dept.
The Inquiry Committee submitted its
report and recommendation to Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Justice (retd)
Maqbool Baqar on February 21 which the CM approved and sent to the chairman of
the board to implement as recommended by the committee.
The Examination team including the
Controller, Deputy Controller, Assistant Controller, and IT team have been held
responsible for glaring mistakes by the committee. The committee has
recommended probing their malafide through the anti-corruption establishment.
The findings of the inquiry committee
are as follows:
Findings: The committee during its proceedings,
observed that none of the employees, called for a hearing and the statement,
was serious which is evident from their written statements.
It's unclear what the actual exam
results were before they were announced, and how many changes were made during
the announcement and publication process. Mr. Imran, the then Acting Controller
of Exams, provided a written statement which only partially served its purpose.
The committee requested the actual result CD/USB for comparison, but it was not
provided.
The name of Mr. Khalid Ehsan, Deputy
Controller, was provided by the Chairman showing that he was holding one of the
positions that were directly related to the process of the result, but Mr.
Khalid has also been appointed as one of the members of the Internal Inquiry
Committee. The IT wing/computer wing, which is a linchpin of all subject
activities, has been ignored by the Board administration due to which all
manipulation and management started.
A new result software was introduced
in 2023 by M/s Basecamp IT Solution. The students enrolled in the previous year
under the previous Software, but the new software calculated only the total
marks of appeared subjects this year and included them in the gazette. Further
Grade grace was also not included in the gazette due to mismatching of two
software, which is a glaring act of inefficiency and Board administration
completely failed to satisfy on the front.
The Board introduced the Optical Mark
Recognition (OMR) system for the first time. However, the teachers involved in
assessing/checking the answer sheets were not provided with any training,
resulting in a significant number of errors. This was a major issue on the part
of the Board's office administration. The committee noted that both the system
provider consulting firm and the Board administration were responsible for
providing complete hands-on training
before implementing such innovative/new systems. However, the administration
could not satisfy the committee, as they only identified the issues but did not
take necessary steps to prevent them.
It was clear that the execution and
maintenance of records for both old and new students/schemes was not being done
properly. The complete gazette available did not offer any user-friendly
solutions. One could reach a conclusion by askin…
