SHC seeks ideas to curb 'copy culture' in exams.

KARACHI -- The Sindh High Court has directed the secretary of the boards of examination and universities to file a report on prevailing mechanism with regard to the criteria of amount specified for invigilation and other expenses on examinations.

The SHC also asked the secretary to call the record of the last two years regarding the invigilation amount from all the education boards of the province.

The court put the chairmen of Karachi, Sukkur, Larkana, Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas and Shaheed Benazirabad education boards as well as education secretary (schools/colleges) on notice for Nov 12.

A single bench of the SHC headed by Justice Salahuddin Panhwar also issued notices to the registrars of the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi and IBA Sukkur to appear as amici curiae (friend of court) and submit recommendations to curb the 'copy culture' in examinations.

The bench issued these directives while hearing an appeal of a female officer of the education department regarding preparation of an alleged fake invigilation bill by another education officer for annual examination 2011.

She alleged in the appeal filed in 2017 that a senior education officer along with an...