Ballpoint pens to prevent cheating in competitive examinations like JEE

A major decision has been taken by the West Bengal state JEE board which is expected to eliminate the evil of cheating in competitive examinations. From next year, candidates will have to write their answer papers with ballpoint pens that will be supplied by the test authorities.
The decision has been prompted by rampant use of digital pens as cheating tools.
This has been reported in telegraphgindia.com dated 19 December 2016.

A technical committee that had been set up by the JEE board to suggest ways to curb cheating approved the measure last month and the academic committee of the board has vetted the proposal. Next year's JEE will be held on April 22 and 23 and it will see this new system which will make it mandatory for examinees to write their answer papers with ballpoint pens that will be supplied by the authorities.
It seems a student can scan the question paper with a digital pen and send the digitised version to a person outside the hall through Bluetooth. The answers are then dictated to the student through a radio frequency transmitter or cell phone. The student receives these through earplugs, which has an antenna of the size of a strand of hair.
The CBSE, which conducts the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to MBBS courses across the country, has taken a similar decision - from next year the candidates would have to write the exams with ballpoint pens provided by it.


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