The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) on Friday extended the deadline for online enrolment of Class-IX students, who would appear in the annual High School Certificate (HSC) Examinations, conducted by the BSE in 2017, by 10 days till October 19 midnight.
The online registration process had begun from September 23 and was scheduled to end on Friday.
Notably, more than six lakh students appear in the annual HSC examinations every year. The online registration system was introduced to eliminate errors in filling up of the forms manually.
Filling up forms manually also involved heavy expenditure on correcting and reprinting certificates. With the introduction of the e-registration system, the BSE aims at minimising the cost factor.
The enrolment was carried out in every high school with internet facility. Besides, enrolment was also done at centres selected by the District Education Officer (DEO) for those who had no internet connectivity.
The students would have to deposit Rs 40 as fees in a bank through the computerised pay-in slips for online registration. For general information and step-by-step information on filling up the forms, students can access www.bseodisha.nic.in and www.prestigeresults.in.
The BSE has launched a helpline number, 0671-2432801, to help the students know the details of the enrolment process. It has also set up a helpdesk which would be available between 8 am and 8 pm to respond to the students’ queries.