CBSE examinations for class 10 and 12 commence from Monday

Students in Bhopal search their roll numbers for seat arrangement before they appear in the higher secondary examination of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) that began on Monday. (Source: PTI)

The CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) examinations for standards 10 and 12 commenced from Monday and will continue till April 20.

According to a CBSE circular, a total of 13,73,853 students are appearing for the class 10 board examination and 10,40,368 students are appearing for the class 12 board examination.

“There has been a hike of 3.37 percent in the number of students appearing in the class 10 board examination and in the class 12th board examination there has been a hike of 1.01 percent of students appearing for the examination,” the circular said.

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The examinations started from 10:30 in the morning. On Monday, students appear for their first examination paper on English.

Students react as they come out after appearing in the first paper of the class XII examinations of CBSE, at an examination centre in New Delhi on Monday. (Source: PTI)