LUCKNOW, April 28 -- The over 100-year-old Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, popularly called the UP Board, used to be known for all the wrong reasons from mass copying to late sessions in the past. Now, it has undergone a remarkable transformation and gave the high school and Intermediate examination results in 43 days this year with a healthy pass percentage of 90.11% in Class 10 and 81.15% in Class 12.

The time span of the exam, which was about a month earlier, has come down to 13 working days.

The Board, which now conducts the world's biggest examination, has scripted this makeover, powered by a raft of strong measures, including a crackdown on the copying mafia, the use of technology and CCTV cameras etc.

The examination e...