75% of students who skipped UP board exams from other states
Around 75% of the nearly 11 lakh students who skipped Uttar Pradesh board's Class 10 and 12 examinations were from neighbouring states, Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma has said. Some candidates were from countries like Nepal, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The state government had resorted to a Special Task Force and local intelligence to monitor the "copying mafia", he added. 