The Uttar Pradesh Board exams for class 10 and 12 started on Monday with over 54 lakh students taking part. The exams will run for 13 days and finish on March 12. This year, around 27 lakh students are taking the class 10 exams, and 27 lakh are in class 12.
On the first day, class 10 students took their Hindi and Elementary Hindi tests in the morning. Class 12 students took their military science exam. In the afternoon, class 10 students will take the healthcare exam, while class 12 students will answer questions in Hindi and General Hindi.
To keep the exams fair, the Special Task Force (STF) and local intelligence teams are watching over the exam centers. Each room has two CCTV cameras with voice recorders. There are 306 centers across 17 districts that are labeled as “highly sensitive.”
Gulab Devi, the Minister of State for Secondary Education, began the first shift at Jubilee Inter College in Lucknow. She welcomed the students with a ‘tilak’ on their foreheads and gave them sweets to wish them luck. She said she hopes all students do their best and achieve good grades. She added that these exams are not just about grades but also about building a bright future for the students.
In Prayagraj, UP Board Secretary Bhagwati Singh checked the Control and Command Center to ensure everything is running smoothly during the exams.
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