Cuttack: The annual Class-X board examination began across 3,218 centres in Odisha Friday. The examination will continue till March 17, 2023. The Summative Assessment-II of Class-X students is conducted by Board Of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha.
BSE president Ramashis Hazra said the examination started at 8 am. Students have been instructed to reach one hour early. All examinations are being held in the first sitting.
The official said the students were directed to only carry their admit cards, blue and black pens, pencils and geometry boxes. No other items including electronic watches were allowed inside the examination centres.
Odisha’s School Mass and Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash said, “The examination started peacefully everywhere. The question papers were distributed to the students at 7:45 am in the first sitting.”
The minister said all necessary precautions have been taken for the peaceful conduct of the examination. It started at 8 am keeping in view the rising heat across the state.
According to BSE President, special measures have been undertaken for the protection of question papers and other confidential documents which will be kept in 316 nodal centres.
About 22 police stations have been made nodal centres for the examination in Maoist-infested areas of the state.
Around 74 squads, including 36 from the Board have been constituted to supervise the conduct of the matriculation examination.
It can be mentioned here that around 5,41,247 students have registered for the High School Certificate (HSC) examination this year.
PNN & Agencies