Bhubaneswar: Around 50,000 students of Class X and XII of schools affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) are appearing for offline examinations, which began on Wednesday.
The time for each paper has been increase
d from two hours to three hours this year with students appearing for exams from the full course after a gap of two years due to COVID restrictions. They will be attempting long questions along with multiple-choice questions (MCQ) this time.
The examination timing has been fixed between 10.30 am and 1.30 pm. Class X exams will conclude on March 21 and Class XII exams on April 5.
According to an official statement from CBSE, around 38,83,710 students have registered for CBSE Class X and Class XII board exams. A total of 7,250 centres have been set up across India and 26 countries abroad to conduct these examinations.