The first sitting of the much awaited and crucial Matric Board (Board of Secondary Education) Examination-2016 which started with MIl paper passed off peacefully here.
Significantly, not a single examinee has been booked under malpractice case which surprised the squad members.
On the other hand, for the first time, both regular and ex-regular candidates have appeared the examination simultaneously on the same day. According to information available, a total of 54,866 examinees have appeared the examination in 16 centers at Brahmapur with cent per cent attendance.
According to DEO Sanatan Panda, out of the total 54,866 candidates, 51,526 are regular candidates followed by 2,089 candidates are ex-regular, 1,035 CC-regular, 101 CC-ex-regular and the remaining 115 candidates Madhyama.
Adequate security arrangements have been made outside all the examination centres to prevent any untoward incident. Besides the district education authorities have constituted five squads to prevent malpractice or any other unfair means and to keep a strict vigil on the examinees, he added.
Significantly, all the officials inducted in the squad including the Ganjam Collector Premchand Choudhury made surprise visits to several centres and monitored the on-going board examination.
The district administration has extended full cooperation to the teachers and officials on duty. All facilities and adequate securities have also been provided for the purpose, said the Collector. Special arrangements have also been made to ensure the easy movement of physically disabled persons into the examination centres, he added.