Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Prakash Javadekar reached out to the country’s engineering students on Friday, urging them to come out with solutions for making examinations leak proof.
“Come out with the solution for making examinations leak proof. Accept this challenge and work on the solution of full proof examination,” he said while addressing the contestants of the final round of a 36-hour non-stop nationwide coding contest which began on Friday.
The minister’s appeal to the budding technocrats came at a time when his ministry along with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is facing much heat over reports of the leakage of Class X mathematics paper and Class XII economics paper of the board examinations.
As many as 8000 engineering students participated in the final round of the Smart India Hackathon-2018 to come up with innovative technical solutions for a list of problems placed by various departments of the central government.
As demand for a technical solution for holding leak-proof examinations was not pre-assigned to the contestants, the minister appealed to the students to work on this problem and provide a solution after the contest concludes.
The contest was held at a total of 28 different centres under the aegis of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
A total of one lakh students participated in the previous rounds since the AICTE began the second season of the coding contest a few months ago.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address the participants later in evening. Under this year’s Smart India Hackathon, the AICTE is also holding a contest to promote innovation in computer hardware. Dates of the final round of the contest will be notified in the coming months. (Source Deccan Herald)
