BHUBANESWAR, Feb. 26 -- The State Government has decided to put all 1,143 Plus II examination centres under CCTV surveillance. This was informed by School and Mass Education Secretary Chithra Arumugam after a review meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy here on Tuesday.

Tripathy held videoconferencing with district Collectors and SPs on preparations for the annual Plus II examination beginning from March 3.

Around 3,50,800 students of 1,628 higher secondary schools and junior colleges will appear for the examination conducted by the CHSE.

Sources said students, teachers and supervisors would undergo checking twice before entering the examination halls.

Police patrolling units would be kept standby to reach the ...