Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education is conducting Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination (Class X) beginning on Friday. Like last year, District administration has taken all necessary precautions to ensure a copy-free examination. In Nagpur division, 1,53,739 students will be appearing for the examination at 683 centres. SSC examination will begin on Friday and will conclude on March 18. The Board has asked the students whose session starts at 11 am to reach their respective rooms by 10.30 am, while those having paper at 3 pm should be at the centre by 2.30 pm. Students reaching after the distribution of question papers will not be allowed entry into the centre.

 

There are flying squads for the Nagpur division comprising six districts, including Chandrapur, Gondia, Bhandara, Wardha, Gadchiroli, Nagpur. The State Board is firm on conducting the examination in a proper manner. It has taken several steps for an error-free, copy-free examination for which the responsibility has been entrusted to the District administration. Nagpur Collector Dr Vipin Itankar has already convened a meeting and asked officials to take all measures so that there are no cases of copying otherwise, the concerned Centre Head, Headmaster or teacher would be held responsible. Some students go into depression during examination.

 

To bring them out of the negative mindset, the Board has appointed counsellors who will guide students if needed. Students or parents are not expected to ask counsellors about examination details like examination centre, sitting arrangement or examination system. Numbers of the counsellors are available on the official website of the Board. Board to take help of Traffic Police: Road construction and traffic jams are increasing the problems of students appearing for the HSSC examination this year. The examination began on February 10. Parents say the traffic situation becomes even more complicated in the morning. For economically disadvantaged children, travelling 12 kilometers so early in the morning is very tedious. Meanwhile, ongoing road construction across the city and frequent traffic jams are feared to pose serious difficulties for students in reaching the exam centre on time.