المملكة: Education: Prohibition of photographing questions outside schools…and immediate cancellation of "Leaked"

Hadrat Ministry of Education Filming test questions outside school walls, obliging school administrations to allocate safe and exclusive headquarters inside the school campus for printing and packaging operations according to precise time protocols, in order to block any practices that might disrupt the fairness of academic achievement or threaten the safety of the entire educational process.

These decisive moves came based on the approved test systems and procedures manual, which placed direct responsibility for filming questions on the teacher preparing them to ensure the highest levels of confidentiality.

/>The Ministry granted school principals the authority to assign a reliable substitute in the event that the teacher was unable to carry out the task for compelling reasons, provided that this is documented in an official record detailing the justifications accurately.

Packaging questions

The new controls required Schoolsconduct the process of packaging questions in prepared envelopes containing detailed data that includes all academic and chronological information for the test, starting from the name of the subject all the way to the type and level of the test.

The instructions stress the necessity of documenting the numbers of question papers and envelopes used with extreme precision in official records, with the answer forms separated in completely separate envelopes to increase levels of safety.

The procedures stipulate that the question envelopes and answer forms be sealed and sealed with the official school seal from all sides to ensure that they are not tampered with before the date. The test.

The school principal personally, along with the deputy for educational affairs and the question preparer, supervises the signing of the delivery and receipt reports to ensure the completion of the regular procedural chain.

The sealed envelopes are subject to strict guarding under the direct responsibility of the school principal, as they are kept in a safe place and arranged chronologically according to the approved schedule for the tests.

Strictly dealing with test leaks

In the context of emergency plans, the Ministry has established a strict protocol to deal with cases of question leakage before the test, which begins with preparing an immediate report and notifying the Education Office and the Testing Department for urgent intervention.

According to this protocol, the leaked questions are canceled as soon as the incident is verified, and the task of developing alternative questions is assigned to another teacher or a specialized committee in coordination with the educational supervisor to ensure the continuation of the test.

The regulations allowed schools to use alternative forms prepared for absentees or to seek assistance from other schools through official channels in critical cases. In which time is limited to prepare new forms.

If a leak is discovered during or after the test, the examination committees undertake the immediate investigation in cooperation with the Education Department to take decisions that preserve the rights of students and achieve justice.

The Ministry was directed to inform parents immediately of any measures taken in emergency situations, to enhance the principle of transparency and to reassure the educational community and beneficiaries of the safety of the measures taken.

And to ensure the speed of response, the Ministry designated a telephone hotline. In the possession of school principals exclusively, it is used for direct communication with education leaders to address any emergency that threatens the conduct of tests.

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