PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 23 -- UP Board high school and intermediate examinations would be held under a "three-layer monitoring network", officials said. The hi-tech surveillance include the state control room receiving feeds from all 75 districts, cameras outside strong rooms at all 8,041 examination centers, and local control rooms set up in the offices of all district inspector of schools and at the five regional offices of the board.

As per secretary Bhagwati Singh, the board already has intelligence inputs about active solver gangs, and coordinated efforts with state police and intelligence agencies would be made to take strict action against any person trying to disrupt the exam.

This year, the board examinations may prove to be an acid te...