Students of Std XII across Mumbai, will be appearing for their Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations from February 22.
Students of Std XII across the city, will be appearing for their Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations from February 22. Though, there was confusion in the dates of language papers like French, the board immediately put up a fresh timetable on its website, correcting the previous mistakes.
Over 13 lakh students from the state and close to 3 lakh students from the city will be taking the HSC exams in over 168 centres and 472 sub-centres. This year, the board has taken special efforts to curb cheating and other malpractices.
“We have formed a Dakshata Samiti, comprising of a collector, local corporator and residents to ensure that the exams are not interrupted by any outside disturbance. The collector has powers to take immediate action against anyone caught cheating,” said Ujwala Patil, chairperson of state board.
Many students were confused over the exact dates of their language papers, as the online timetable clashed with the one displayed on college notice boards. The former showed February 23 as a holiday, while the one on notice boards had French, Urdu and Pali scheduled that evening. After the colleges noticed the error, they contacted the board authorities, who said that it was a technical error in the online timetable and students should rely on the one displayed in colleges.
“In the morning, my staff brought the difference in the online timetable to my notice. We contacted the board immediately. They said it was a technical error,” said Marie Fernandes, principal, St Andrews College, Bandra.
Ravindra Bhise, secretary of the Mumbai division of the state board said, “There was a mistake but it was rectified. The board office in Pune puts up the online timetable.”
However, Fernandes said that many educational websites and blogs have replicated the old time table with the mistakes in it. “I am worried that students might refer to those sites and be misled.”
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