<p>Aadhaar will now be mandatory for those appearing for open school exams to ensure there are no proxy candidates appearing on others' behalf.<br /><br />Following approval from the HRD Ministry, the National Institute of Open Learning (NIOS) has decided to make Aadhaar mandatory for candidates appearing for the next examination, a senior NIOS official said.<br /><br />"During the exams held in March, the inspection teams had found proxy candidates who were appearing on other students' behalf. To check this practice, Aadhaar has been made mandatory.<br /><br />"There will also be scanner machines at examination centres and only those students whose thumb prints match with the existing data be allowed to give exams," the official said.<br /><br /><br />NIOS, which was set up in 1989, is providing a number of vocational, life enrichment and community oriented courses besides general and academic courses at secondary and senior secondary level.<br /><br />It also offers elementary level courses through its Open Basic Education Programmes (OBE).<br /><br />The NIOS has also decided that those schools where CCTV facility is not available will not be made examination centres.<br /><br />"This has been decided to ensure that videography of the entire examination process is possible and the footage can be checked in future if need be," the official added. <br /></p>
<p>Aadhaar will now be mandatory for those appearing for open school exams to ensure there are no proxy candidates appearing on others' behalf.<br /><br />Following approval from the HRD Ministry, the National Institute of Open Learning (NIOS) has decided to make Aadhaar mandatory for candidates appearing for the next examination, a senior NIOS official said.<br /><br />"During the exams held in March, the inspection teams had found proxy candidates who were appearing on other students' behalf. To check this practice, Aadhaar has been made mandatory.<br /><br />"There will also be scanner machines at examination centres and only those students whose thumb prints match with the existing data be allowed to give exams," the official said.<br /><br /><br />NIOS, which was set up in 1989, is providing a number of vocational, life enrichment and community oriented courses besides general and academic courses at secondary and senior secondary level.<br /><br />It also offers elementary level courses through its Open Basic Education Programmes (OBE).<br /><br />The NIOS has also decided that those schools where CCTV facility is not available will not be made examination centres.<br /><br />"This has been decided to ensure that videography of the entire examination process is possible and the footage can be checked in future if need be," the official added. <br /></p>