VIZIANAGARAM: Due to the failure of coordinators of Saksharata Bharat programme in creating awareness among the adults about the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) examination, few awkward incidents occurred during the conduct of the examination in the district on Sunday.The district administration with an aim to increase the literacy rate in the district planned to get 5 lakh adults from the district to write the examination. Despite the failure of the coordinators of Saksharata Bharat programme in creating awareness among illiterate adults, about literacy in general and the examination in particular, 4.75 lakh appeared the exam.At Vengapuram village of Balijipeta mandal in the district, a Class-X student wrote the exam on behalf of her relatives. In another incident at Terlam village, a Class-IV student has written the examination on behalf of his mother. At Garaudabilli village of Gajapathinagaram mandal, the organisers failed to provide study material to the adults.The coordinators have not created the awareness about the examination. Some of the special officers have not taken interest in the Saksharata Bharati examination and not inspected any centre in their level.The district administration has allotted 3,800 centers and appointed 4,000 invigilators for the exam that started at 10 a.m. and continued till 5 p.m.Collector M Veerabrahmayya has taken all the steps to get 5 lakh adults from the district to write the examination and directed all heads of the departments in this regard. Though he personally visited some of the centres during the course of Grama Sandarshana programme on Fridays, the ground-level staff have not taken interest in conducting the examination. The coordinators roped in some adults and made them to write the exam only to satisfy visiting officers.
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