Bhubaneswar: The first day of Matric summative assessment conducted by Board of Secondary Education ended peacefully across the State. Over 5.41 lakhs students today wrote in the MIL subject at 3218 exam centers across the State.
School and Mass Education Minister Sameer Ranjan Dash also visited a few centres in Bhubaneswar and reviewed the preparedness. He also expressed pleasure over the preparation of the board authorities.
“Exam was conducted smoothly in the first day. I have also dicussed with some students. They are happy over question pattern. They acquainted with the question pattern today and overcame nervousness. There was a full proof security system for the question papers,” Dash said.
Students also expressed happiness over the question pattern. “Questions were favorable. I wrote well and expect 70 out of total 80 marks. I hope all other papers would pass smoothly,” said a candidate in Bhubaneswar.
A three-tier special squad system was put in place to curb malpractice. A total of 316 nodal centers have been set up to store question papers. In Maoist-dominated areas, nodal centres have been established at 22 police stations.
As per earlier decision, questions papers were dispatched to exam centres in police escort. These were opened in the exam hall in front of the students.
The Class 10 for Madhyama and State Open School Certificate 2023 are also being held simultaneously.
