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Source- This post on The Public Examinations Bill 2024 has been created based on the article “Government introduces a Bill in the Lok Sabha titled “Home Education Explained: 10 Year Jail Term, Rs 1 Crore Fine; ” published in “India.com” on 6 February 2024.
Why in the news?
Union minister Jitendra Singh introduced the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024 in the Lok Sabha.
About The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024
Background– Many States were not able to declare results of their public examinations on time. This happened due to negative impact of unfair practices.
Objective– To bring greater transparency, fairness and credibility to the public examination systems.
Applicability– The bill is applicable to central recruitment and entrance exams conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs), National Testing Agency (NTA) and Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS).
Prescribed punishment– For cheating-minimum of 3 to 5 years of imprisonment.
For organised crimes of cheating, punishment will be 5 to 10 years of imprisonment and a minimum fine of Rs 1 crore.
High level National Technical Committee on Public Examinations– The bill seeks to set up a high level committee to develop protocol for developing foolproof IT security system for online and technology based exams.
Note– The proposed bill protects candidates from its provisions.
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