Maharashtra Board Exams 2026: MSBSHSE to set up cameras in all classrooms before exams begin

The Maharashtra education department has mandated the installation of CCTV cameras in every classroom designated as an exam centre before the upcoming Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations. This directive aims to improve infrastructure and prevent malpractices during exams.

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) will conduct the SSC 10th exam 2026 Maharashtra Board between February 20 and March 18, 2026, while Maharashtra HSC exams 2026 will be held between February 10 and March 18, 2026.

With Maharashtra State Board examinations inching closer, schools and exam centres that do not have CCTV cameras in every classroom are being asked to set up surveillance cameras before the commencement of the exams.

In the west zone of Mumbai alone, 42 of 198 SSC exam centres and 20 of 149 HSC exam centres were sent a notice for not having enough CCTVs in the premises and classrooms.

As per the state Education Inspector, Sanjay Javir, "The schools and centres may have surveillance set up in their premises. However, ahead of the exams these exam centres need to have CCTVs in every classroom."

According to media reports, the exam centres in Mumbai division - Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban 1 and 2, Navi Mumbai, Thane and Palghar - nearly 90-95 per cent of exam centres already have CCTV facilities as per the board chairman Rajendra Ahire. Over the past month, teacher and principal delegations have written to the Maharashtra board stating that implementing CCTV surveillance in such a short time using the school's own funds would prove difficult for many.

The groups had also taken objection to the exchange of exam centres, where teachers on supervision duty will have to move to other schools instead of their own.