The matric or class 10 examination of Odisha state board has started from today. A total number of 5,71,909 students will appear in the High School Certificate (HSC) examination. Similarly, 4,443 students will be appearing for the Madhyama examination and 9,378 students will be appearing for the State Open School Certificate (SOSC) examination.
All the examinations are being conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha(BSE). As per the reports given by the BSE, the timings of the exams have been fixed from 8.00 AM to 10.00 AM. However, the duration of some exams is less than 2 hours which will be completed by 9.00 AM or 9.30 AM, while only the Mathematics paper will continue till 10.15 AM.
Out of the 3,540 examination centres for the aforementioned exams, 315 have been notified as ‘Nodal Centres’. According to the BSE, 24 x 7 security arrangements have been put in place at all Nodal Centres. Besides, examination centres have been also provided with security cover from 6.00 AM to 12 noon on all examination days.
