CBSE Orders Schools To Install CCTV Cameras Inside Examination Centres During 10, 12 Board Exams

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education ( CBSE ), has issued an order directing all the schools to install CCTV cameras inside the examination centres before the 10th and 12th board exams to ensure free and fair examinations. The CBSE has released a notice regarding the CCTV policy for the board exams, directing all schools to install closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance in their classrooms for the smooth conduct of the upcoming Class 10 and 12 board exams in 2025. As per the information shared by the board, this year, approximately, 44 lakh students are expected to appear for the CBSE Board Exams 2025 across India and in 26 countries abroad. In order to accommodate the large number of examinees this year, around 8,000 schools will serve as exam centres. 

The official notification stated, “The board has decided that all schools which would be fixed as an examination centre must have the facility of closed circuit television (CCTV). If any school does not have a CCTV facility, the school will not be considered for fixing the exam centre.”

“To ensure that examinations are conducted smoothly and fairly, a CCTV policy has been developed by the CBSE which is enclosed herewith. All the schools are directed to ensure that they have CCTV installed in their schools as per their policy if they do not have and wish to convey their consent to the board for fixing their school as an examination centre,” it notification further added.

The CBSE , following previous years' pattern, will commence the board exams for classes 10th and 12th around mid-February 2025. However, earlier this year in May 2024, the news agency PTI informed through its social media platform, X that the exams for classes 10th and 12th are expected to begin from February 15 onwards. However, the detailed CBSE Board Exam 2024 timetable has not been released by the CBSE yet. Once it is out, the students will be able to download it from the official website of CBSE, cbse.gov.in.