Hyderabad: Expressing concern over mass copying in SSC and Intermediate examinations, the Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday said the mass copying would lower educational standards.
The TS government told the court that it would be issuing circulars to invigilators that criminal cases would be booked against them if mass copying was found in their centres during the SSC exams.
A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranga-nathan and Justice M. Ganga Rao was dealing with a PIL by Dr Srinivas Guntupalli of Eluru, AP, stating that both governments were not taking effective steps to control copying in public examinations.
The bench said parents pressuring the children to secure high marks without being concerned about impro-ving their knowledge had resulting in mass copying. Maintaining that stringent action against the invigilators would improve the situation, the bench said things would improve if district education officers and principals were made responsible for their failure to prevent mass copying.
