India, Jan. 31 -- The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has revised the guidelines on supervisors and centre directors from other schools in the vicinity for SSC and HSC exams following opposition from teachers' and school management organisations.

The board in a step towards 'copy-free' initiative has now decided to have visiting supervisors and centre heads at exam centers where cases of cheating were found between 2018 and 2024. The changes will take place at centres where exam malpractice cases were reported in the past five years, excluding two years of Covid-19 pandemic - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, and 2024.

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