Lokmat News Network
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The examination of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) started at 460 centres in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) under tight vigil.
As per the schedule, the HSC examination is being held from February 11 to March 18.
More than 1.85 lakh students from 1408 higher secondary schools and junior colleges registered for the examinations in the five districts of the division.
The flying and sitting squads, which comprise officials and employees from the Revenue, Education Department, Zilla Parishad and the divisional office of MSBSHSE, visited the different centres to prevent malpractice during examinations on the first day today. There was tight police security at the centres located in city areas.
There were long queues of students at big centres where teachers were frisking at the entrance before the commencement of the paper.
The students of the Science, Arts and Commerce streams appeared for the English subject from 11 am to 2 pm today.
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Divisional chairman of the Board, Anil Sable, said that the examination began today on a smooth note. He said that a police force was deployed around the centres to reduce copy cases. The Board officers said that special efforts are taken to make examination copies free. “The MSBSHSE announced that a centre will be cancelled for next year’s examination if any copy is reported this year,” they said.
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Today’s papers
The students will take Hindi, German, Japanese and Parishan languages papers on February 12, the second day of the examination, depending upon the selection of subjects by the candidates.
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The district-wise number of students and centres are as follows:
District------Centres--- ---Candidates
Chh Sambhajinagar--61-----63,918
Beed------------------106----43,756
Parbhani-------------071-----27,230
Jalna------------------082-----36,166
Hingoli--------------125-----14,260