The Press Information Bureau Government of India is actively involved in doing fact checks of the news and information that comes now and then on digital media. Recently, a report regarding the use of biometric systems for the attendance during CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 board exams was doing rounds on digital media platforms, PIB has marked it as fake!!
The ongoing pandemic condition is still creating hindrance in the normal functioning of several human activities, and it has largely affected the education sector. During this state of confusion and chaos, some unscrupulous agents are taking advantage of this situation. They are spreading false news to get cheap publicity and attention from the public.
After the Union Education Minister Mr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced examination dates for CBSE Board Exams, students are waiting for exam date sheets. Since it's the most searched topic on the internet right now, several fake reports and fake news related to board exams are being circulated on digital media platforms.
While the students of the Central Board of Secondary Education are eagerly waiting for the date sheets of Class 10 and Class 12 board exams, such fake information is misleading them. Therefore, it's highly commendable that the students should cross-check such types of reports from the notification made available on the official sources. or either, they can trust on the information sources like us, that clearly mentions references of official announcements.
In the aforementioned report, it was being said that the students will have to register their attendance on the biometric system during the CBSE board exams, to stop cheating in the paper. However, after probing into the matter, PIB has made it clear that no such announcement has been made by the CBSE.