{"id":32980,"date":"2024-11-30T18:03:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T12:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=32980"},"modified":"2024-11-30T18:03:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T12:33:13","slug":"odisha-public-examinations-prevention-of-unfair-means-bill-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/30-11-2024\/odisha-public-examinations-prevention-of-unfair-means-bill-2024","title":{"rendered":"Odisha Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Odisha government is to enact a new law with <strong>stringent penal provisions to check cheating and other discrepancies in public examinations of the state.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The law is known as the <strong>Odisha Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The law would be aimed at effectively and <strong>legally deterring persons, organised groups, or institutions<\/strong> that indulge in various unfair means and adversely impact the public examination systems for monetary or wrongful gains.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Currently, there is <strong>no specific law in Odisha<\/strong> to prevent cheating in examinations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Recent Cases of Discrepancies in Public Exams in India<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) revealed that there are about 2,000 cases of examination malpractices recorded in the year 2018 only.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four people were arrested in Bihar state for leaking the <strong>question papers of the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>qualifying exams for the post of Review Officer\/Assistant Review Officer in Uttar Pradesh<\/strong>, was cancelled amid allegations of paper leak.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These malpractices have severe financial and psychological tolls on the students, and the whole of the education system requires stronger measures to deal with them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Impact of Examination Malpractices:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Undermines Educational Integrity: <\/strong>When cheating and malpractices become widespread, it erodes the credibility of the examination system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Devaluation of Qualifications:<\/strong> When malpractices affect the credibility of exams, the value of the qualifications awarded by educational institutions diminishes, affecting the employability and future prospects of all students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Loss of Trust in the System: <\/strong>Parents and the public lose trust in the education system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Psychological Impact on Students: <\/strong>Students feel demotivated and discouraged by the prevalence of malpractices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Delay in Exams:<\/strong> Malpractices in public examinations lead to delays and cancellation of examinations, adversely impacting the prospects of millions of youth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Additional Cost: <\/strong>The government has to bear additional financial burden to reconduct the examination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means ) Act, 2024<\/strong><br>&#8211; The Act broadly defines <strong>\u201cunfair means\u201d <\/strong>to include various malpractices, such as:<br> 1. Leaking question papers or answer keys,<br> 2. Assisting candidates during exams (unauthorized communication, providing solutions),<br> 3. Tampering with computer networks or resources,<br> 4. Impersonating candidates,Conducting fake examinations or issuing fake documents,Tampering with documents for merit lists or ranks.<br>&#8211; <strong>Penalties and Punishments:<\/strong><br> 1. Individuals:<br>  1.1 Imprisonment ranges from 3 to 10 years depending on the offense\u2019s severity.<br>  1.2 Fines up to Rs. 1 crore for organized crimes.<br> 2. Service providers:<br>  1.1 Fines up to Rs. 1 crore for involvement in malpractices.<br>  1.2 Barring from conducting public examinations for 4 years.<br>  1.3 Personal liability for directors\/management involved.<br> 3. Organized crimes:<br>  1.1 Harsher penalties, with imprisonment between 5 and 10 years and a minimum fine of Rs. 1 crore<br>  1.2 The institution involved can face property attachment and forfeiture<br>&#8211; <strong>Investigation:\u00a0<\/strong><br> 1. All offences under the Act are cognisable, non-bailable, and non-compoundable.<br> 2. An officer not below the rank Deputy Superintendent or Assistant Commissioner of Police will investigate the offences under the Act.\u00a0<br> 3. The Central Government may transfer the investigation to any Central Investigating Agency.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/odisha-law-cheating-recruitment-examinations-9697212\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Odisha government is to enact a new law with stringent penal provisions to check cheating and other discrepancies in public examinations of the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32981,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32980\/revisions\/32981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}