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ShareMumbai: Students across the city attempted the first paper of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), conducted across the state from Thursday. After months of anxiety, most students were delighted to find the papers easy to attempt, without any complications or errors.
Marathi, Gujarati, French and Urdu were some of the languages students attempted on the first day. "It [the paper] was so simple that I finished within two hours," gushed Neetu Yadav, a student from Ambedkar College who had opted for Marathi.
"Our teachers had predicted the questions will be tough. However, the paper was very simple. There were no errors and I finished it before the deadline," said Sudeshna Shetty, a student of RJ College, Ghatkopar, who wrote the French exam.
The first day saw parents escorting their children to the centres and few even stayed back for the entire three-hour duration. "I am a little worried about my daughter as she completed her class X from a CBSE school. The change of board is worrying, and I have also heard that the state board is not as lenient with marks as others," said Lakshmi Krishnakumar who had come to drop her daughter at Mithibai College.
"Except for a couple of spelling errors, the paper was alright. Somebody who is thorough with the syllabus would not have found it difficult," said Kalpana Kadam, a student of Podar College, Matunga. Sana Qureshi, a student of Maharashtra College, Byculla, who appeared for the Urdu paper, said: "Everything was from the text book, and whatever was asked from outside it was simple and doable."
However, students are apprehensive about the tougher exams that are to follow. For Forum Doshi, a student of Mithibai College, it's the Maths exam that is giving her sleepless nights. "I am slightly worried about Maths. I opted for it as it is higher-scoring and I have prepared well, but I am still tensed," she said.
This year, not many colleges followed the instructions given by the Mumbai division of the state board of education making it mandatory for exam supervisors to frisk students. "With more than 600 students per centre, how practical is it to frisk everyone? It will only lead to a waste of time," said a principal from a college in Vile Parle.
