As many as 28,943 students, including 26,197 as regular and 2,746 as private students, are going to appear in the upcoming high school and intermediate board examinations in Almora in the academic session 2014- 2015. Out of these total 28,943 students while 16,066 students (from both regular and private categories) will be taking part in the 10th class board examinations 12,877 students (from both regular and private categories) would appear in the board examinations of the 12th standard this academic session of 2015 in Almora.
Meanwhile, to conduct the board examinations of both the high school and intermediate classes, as many as 153 examination centres have been set up across Almora district, said AK Singh, Chief Education Officer (CEO), Almora.
Besides, efforts are on to ensure smooth conduct of the annual board examinations, he added. At the same time, out of 153 examination centres, 37 such centres have been identified as sensitive and three examination centres as hypersensitive, said the officials concerned of the Almora district administration. The officials concerned informed, out of the 153 examination centres, the Vivekanand Inter College, Almora has come as the biggest examination centre with 514 students, while the Government Inter College, Malikhet, Almora, is the smallest one with only76 students, further said the officials.
More so, the district administration Almora has also asked the officials concerned of the education department to take necessary steps on time to ensure smooth conduct of the board examinations. Besides, it has also directed the officials concerned from the education department to take care of basic facilities, including drinking water supply, in all examination centres so that the students do not face any difficulty during the examinations.