In Karnataka at centres where the secondary school  Leaving Certificate(SSLC) exam is to be held in March 2019,  henceforth wrist watches will be prohibited. This ban has been decided by The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) after multiple reports of malpractice. Since watches have become bluetooth enabled they can be linked to smartphones to find answers.Text files and images can be stored in some watches that have storage units. Officials of the board found there are many specifically made “cheat watches” available online for Rs. 7,000 that lure students. Chits concealed under the watch is an old form of cheating .Candidates appearing for competitive exams should not wear wrist watches. In order to help students keep track of time, V. Sumangala, Director of KSEEB, said all superintendents of examination centres will be told to instal wall clocks in each classroom of the exam centre. “The heads of the examination centre can use their accumulated corpus fund to buy the wall clocks,” she said, adding that a circular will be issued to school managements shortly. But students want to wear regular watches to keep track of time. Mahesh S., who is to appear for the SSLC exams this year said, “Most of the watches used for malpractices are expensive and beyond our reach. For a few students who may indulge in cheating, why should all of us suffer? We certainly need a watch to help manage our time better.”