Lucknow: Approximately 90% of the 4.4 lakh candidates who registered for the Joint Entrance Examination for admission to Bachelor of Education (BEd-JEE) courses appeared for the exam held on Sunday. The test was conducted at 1,011 centres across 72 districts in two shifts.
Organised by Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, the entrance examination saw 2.7 lakh female and 1.7 lakh male candidates register. The general knowledge and language paper was held in the first shift, while the aptitude test and subject competence examination took place in the second shift.
Districts such as Kasganj and Pilibhit recorded the highest attendance, with 95% of candidates appearing, while Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar had the lowest attendance at 84%.
Advanced Monitoring Systems Deployed
According to Higher Education Minister Yogendra Upadhyaya, an advanced integrated command and control centre (ICCC) was established at Bundelkhand University to monitor the exam with live surveillance of all centres. Approximately 22,000 CCTV cameras and 5,651 biometric machines were installed.
During the examination, AI-based facial recognition technology, fingerprint-based biometric verification, and a real-time attendance system were used to ensure only genuine candidates appeared. Upadhyaya stated that the modern AI-enabled system continuously monitored strong rooms, entry and exit gates, and examination halls.
GPS-Enabled Body-Worn Cameras
For the first time, university representatives were provided with GPS-enabled body-worn cameras to strengthen integrity and transparency. Through these cameras, the live location of representatives, inspections of examination centres, and activities related to confidential material were monitored from the control room.
All examination centres were connected via a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)-based communication system, enabling secure and quick communication between the organising university and the centres.
