Bhubaneswar: Braving the scorching warmth, 1000's of scholars appeared for this 12 months’s annual increased secondary examination (Plus II) throughout the state on Thursday.
Because of the harsh climate situation, the Council of Increased Secondary Schooling (CHSE) determined to conduct the examination at one sitting from 9 am.
After a niche of two years owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, altogether 3,21,508 college students appeared for the examination offline from 4 streams — arts, commerce, science and vocational streams within the state.
The examination is being held in 1,133 centres underneath strict CCTV surveillance.
As many as 202 hubs have been set as much as preserve query papers underneath round the clock CCTV surveillance. Cell phones have strictly been prohibited inside examination centres.
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik and faculty and mass training minister Samir Ranjan Sprint wished all of the examinees greatest for the examination.
On the primary day, college students of arts and commerce streams appeared for the examination of first language Odia. A complete of 29 instances of malpractice have been reported on the primary day.
Contemplating the extreme warmth wave situation, the upper secondary colleges have been requested to make elaborate preparations of consuming water and glucose for the examinees.
College students have been requested to succeed in the examination corridor half-hour earlier than the examination begins. Three-tier squads have been shaped to test malpractices. The HS examination will proceed until Could 31.
The Class X board examination will start on Friday.