The Uttarakhand Vidhyalayi Shiksha Parishad (UVSP) has announced the schedule of its class XII and X board examinations on Wednesday.
The examinations would commence on March 1 and end on March 26. Releasing the schedule of the examination at Ramnagar on Wednesday, the secretary of UVSP, Neeta Tiwari said that a total of 149737 candidates have been registered for High School (Class X) examination of the board while 124183 candidates have been registered for Inter (Class XII) examination of the board.
She further said that the board would set up 1313 examination centres for conducting the examination out of which 231 centres are sensitive and 27 hyper- sensitive. The much- awaited examination would start on March 1 when the class XII students would appear in Hindi compulsory examination. The class X students would appear for Hindi examination on March 2. The practical examinations would start on February 1 and end on February 24.
To prevent unfair practices during the examination, three flying squads at the state level have been constituted. These squads are being headed by the director Education, additional director Secondary Education and AD Primary Education respectively.
Apart from them, the flying squads at the level of division and district levels have also been set up. Last year, a total of 149442 students had been enrolled for class X examination while 132281 students had been registered for class XII examination of Uttarakhand board.