PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 23 -- The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board) has tightened its exam-centre policy for the 2026 high school and intermediate exams, directing that students will not be allotted to any centre run by their school manager or the manager's family members, after instances of managers using relatives' schools to bypass earlier rules came to light.

Until last year, the restriction applied only to multiple schools directly operated by the same manager. The new rule now includes all institutions owned or managed by the manager's relatives as well.

District Inspectors of Schools (DIoSs) have been instructed to identify every such school, upload the details to the UP Board website and inform the respective regional ...