Thiruvananthapuram: Minister for Education V Sivankutty informed that the preparations for the smooth conduct of SSLC and Higher Secondary examinations have been concluded in the state.
As many as 4,19,554 students will attend SSLC examinations while 4,25,361 and 4,42,067 students will sit for the Plus One and Plus Two examinations, respectively.
As announced earlier, the SSLC examination will commence on March 9 and will conclude on March 29. Higher Secondary / Vocational Higher Secondary examinations will begin on March 10 and end on March 30.
The answer paper valuation of SSLC will be held at 70 camps from April 3 to 26. The valuation camp for the higher secondary section will be conducted from April 3 to the first week of May.
Minister declared that the department could successfully conduct the IT examinations of SSLC from February 15 to 25. As many as 4,19,362 regular students and 192 private students registered for the examination this year.
The total 2,960 examination centres comprise:
1,170 centres in government schools,
1,421 centres in aided schools, and
369 centres in unaided schools.
518 students in Gulf countries and 289 students in Lakshadweep will also attend the SSLC examinations this year.
Government schools
Total students: 1,40,703
Girls: 68,672
Boys: 72,031
Aided schools
Total students: 2,51,567
Girls: 1,23,900
Boys: 1,27,667
Unaided schools
Total students: 27,092
Girls: 12,989
Boys: 14,103