Maharashtra Board Class 12 exams begin from Wednesday

  • | Tuesday | 20th February, 2018

PUNE: Pune: As many as 14.85 lakh students will appear for the higher school certificate (HSC, std XII) examination from Maharashtra this year. "The state board also said that students will have to report to the examination centre 30 minutes in prior to examination time. The exam will be conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary education from Wednesday onwards.The exam will be conducted across 9,486 junior colleges in the state and 2,822 centres have been allotted for the exam. Of the total students, 8.34 lakh are boys while 6.50 lakh students are girls.The exam will be conducted in the nine divisions of the state board including Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Mumbai, Kolhapur, Amravati, Nashik, Latur and Konkan. Flying and sitting squads, CCTV cameras and monitoring committees under the chairmanship of district collectors have been set up.

PUNE: Pune: As many as 14.85 lakh students will appear for the higher school certificate (HSC, std XII) examination from Maharashtra this year. The exam will be conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary education from Wednesday onwards.The exam will be conducted across 9,486 junior colleges in the state and 2,822 centres have been allotted for the exam. Of the total students, 8.34 lakh are boys while 6.50 lakh students are girls.The exam will be conducted in the nine divisions of the state board including Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Mumbai, Kolhapur, Amravati, Nashik, Latur and Konkan. About 5.80 lakh students would appear for the science faculty, 4.79 lakh students for arts, 3.66 lakh students for Commerce and 57,693 students for the minimum competency vocational course (MCVC).Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, state board chairman Shakuntala Kale, said that, "Due to cases of paper leaks on social media last year, we have taken utmost care in the functioning of the examination this year with the introduction of sealed question paper sets, 25 student in each classroom among other measures."The state board also said that students will have to report to the examination centre 30 minutes in prior to examination time. Students will be receiving answer sheets 20 minutes before official exam time to fill up personal details and question papers will be given ten minutes before official time. Students can start writing exam exactly ten minutes after they receive question papers.From the viewpoint of exam malpractices, apt security arrangements, including videography, have been made at all exam centres. The district collectors concerned will head the vigilance committees for overseeing a smooth conduct of the exam while flying squads and sitting squads will visit the centres. "With last year's cases where one paper was leaked on WhatsApp, we have ensured that no exam official carry a cell phone inside the exam centre, students were not allowed anyways," said Kale.The exam for the information technology subject will be conducted online. About 1,20,756 students have registered for the exam. The board has made elaborate arrangements to avoid malpractices during the examination. Flying and sitting squads, CCTV cameras and monitoring committees under the chairmanship of district collectors have been set up.

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