Board exams to start from March 12

The Gujarat State Examination Board has declared dates of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams to begin from March 12. While the examination for SSC will go on till March 23, for Science and general stream HSC, the exams will continue till March 28.

RI Patel, Exam Secretary, Gujarat State Examination Board, said, "While the registration for boards are going on, approximately 17 to 18 lakh students will appear in boards this year that includes 10 lakh for SSC, 5.5 lakh for general stream and nearly 1.5 lakh for Science stream."

In previous boards, 17.59 lakh students took the class X and XII examinations. Around 178 jail inmates had also taken the board exams, and arrangements for them were made in prisons.