As many as 1,300 students of the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) will appear at the 10th Board examination-2016 of the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha.
It is a record in India for the highest number of students from a single school appearing at the 10th Board examination.
It is also highest in world as record number Scheduled Tribe students of a single school appearing for this examination.
Among these students, 700 are boys and 600 girls. Many students belong to primitive tribal groups.
KIIT and KISS founder Achyuta Samanta distributed pens to the students on Friday and wished them success in the examination. It is the KISS’s 15th batch appearing at the 10th Board examination. The KISS has been achieving cent per cent results in the Board examinations since its first batch.
This year’s Board examination will start from February 22 and end on March 4.