86% candidates give UP BEd exam in Jhansi

Jhansi: Around 4,00,506 candidates out of 4,44,958 candidates who had appliedfor UP BEd entrance examination appeared on Sunday across 1,011 centres in72 districts amidst tight vigilance and security.Kasganj and Pilibhit recorded the highest attendance at 95 percent, whileGhaziabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar reported the lowest attendance at 84percent. Jhansi district registered attendance of 86 percent.Hi-tech arrangements were made at Bundelkhand University which wasentrusted to conduct the examination for keeping round the clock vigilance.As per him, 22,000 CCTV cameras and 5,651 biometric devices installed inthe examination centres across the state. Artificial Intelligence-poweredreal-time biometric attendance systems, including facial recognition andfingerprint authentication, were usedn.The AI-enabled surveillance system continuously monitored strong rooms,examination halls and entry-exit points. Live facial recognition andattendance tracking were conducted from the control room. AI-enabled CCTVcameras installed in strong rooms generated alerts regarding unauthorizedentry and the opening of confidential material boxes, which wereimmediately communicated to the respective centres.A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)-based communication network connectedall examination centres directly with the organizing university.