The council had banned mobile phones in exam venues several years ago. iStockThe state Higher Secondary council will use cellphone detectors at many venues of this year’s school leaving exams to prevent the students from carrying mobile phones to the premises. The council had banned mobile phones in exam venues several years ago. The state joint entrance examination board had started using radio-frequency microwave signal detectors to catch students using mobile phones or smartwatches in the exam halls in 2015. HS council officials refused to say whether the mobile detectors to be used this year would be the same as the ones used by the JEE board.

Source: The Telegraph February 07, 2019 12:00 UTC