School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra reviewed the preparations for the upcoming annual matriculation examination at the State Secretariat here on Thursday.
While the examination is scheduled from February 22 to March 4, evaluation of the answer sheets would commence from March 11, official sources said.
Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha officials have already dispatched the question papers to the nodal centres on Wednesday.
“Three vehicles loaded with question papers left the BSE office amid tight security. The question papers will be sent to the nodal centres in two phases. For this, it will take around 11-12 days,” said BSE President Dakshya Prasad Nanda.
These question papers would be kept under tight round-the-clock security, he said.
This year a record number of 6, 01,348 students would appear at the Class-X examination and 2,882 examination centres have been identified for the purpose. For this, 305 nodal centres have been identified for safe keeping of the question papers and answer sheets.