LUCKNOW, Feb. 7 -- In order to ensure more transperancy than before in practical exam marking, the UP Board has upgraded the digital process this year. For Class 12 practical exams starting February 9, examiners will be required to submit the marks of all the students from the school itself.

"The examiners will be geo-tagged and they will be required to submit the marks on the mobile application from the school they are assigned. The application will remain functional only in the 200-metre periphery of the said school," said director, secondary education, Mahendra Dev.

Till previous year, the examiners could submit the marks any time after the practical examination from anywhere. "Through this system, the transparency in the marking for...