Duties and responsibilities of the camp officer

(1) The Camp Officer shall be jointly responsible with camp observer and camp Custodian for the concerned subject/s for the safe custody of answer books received during assessment period. He/She shall be in-charge of overall arrangement and co-ordination of the assessment camp. (2) He/She shall perform his/her duties in accordance with the norms laid down by the Board and under the supervision of the Camp Observer. (3) He/She shall receive the answer-books and acknowledge the receipt of the same, from the Board’s representative for the purpose of assessment and hand over the same to the Custodian for safe custody. (4) He/She shall arrange to store the assessed and unassessed answer-books in the safe custody under the joint seal of the Camp Observer, Custodian and himself and cause to maintain the records while operating the custody in their presence (5) He/She shall hand over the respective question paper, model answer paper and the marking scheme to the chief of the subject on the first day of assessment alongwith a copy of manual of instructions for assessment. (6) He/She shall ensure that sufficient quota of answer-books is supplied for assessment to the chief of the subject. (7) He/She shall cause to maintain the register for issue and collection of the answer-books during the assessment period. (8) He/She shall receive the mark-lists from the chief of subjects at the end of the day. He/She shall seal the same in packets under the joint seal of himself, the chief of the subject and the observer and keep them in his/her custody. (9) He/She shall hand over the mark-lists to the authorized representative of the Board by opening the seal of the same in presence of the camp Observer everyday on proper acknowledgement. (10) While handing over the mark lists, he/she shall open sealed envelopes in presence of the camp observer. After verification of mark-lists by the Board’s officer, he/she shall seal the mark-lists jointly with Board’s Officer and hand them over to the Board’s Officer. (11) He/She shall bring the irregularities of urgent nature to the notice of the camp observer and shall sort them out immediately. The irregularities requiring the attention of the Board shall immediately be brought to the notice of the secretary. (12) After the entire assessment work at the camp is completed the camp officer, camp observer and the custodians shall jointly bring the answer-books to the Board’s office and the answer-books shall be kept in the specially designated rooms at the Board’s office, the doors of which shall be sealed jointly by the concerned Assistant Secretary and the Custodian.