India, Feb. 20 -- Despite implementing a strict vigilance system to discourage cheating, which includes drones deployment and CCTVs, the number of copying cases reported during the ongoing Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations in Maharashtra has crossed the 100-mark, raising serious concerns over examination integrity. A total of 109 copying cases have been detected across the state so far, leading to the suspension of 31 staff members, including centre directors, supervisors, and other examination-related employees.

According to the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, large-scale mass copying incidents were exposed at several examination centres, particularly under the Pune and Amravati divisio...