Examinee count more than the population of 118 countries
PRAYAGRAJ: In its centenary year, a whopping 56,03,813 students have registered for UP Board’s High School and Intermediate examinations, set to begin from April 24.
This number is even more than the population of around 118 countries of the world, individually, including New Zealand, Kuwait, Norway, Finland and Ireland — each having a population below 56 lakh.
The Board, which was set up in 1921 in (the erstwhile) Allahabad by an act of United Provinces Legislative Council, conducted its first examination in 1923.
In 100 years, the examinee strength in the Board’s High School and Intermediate exams has increased 976 times, earning it the distinction of being one of the largest examinationconducting bodies in the world.
According to the records, 5,744 students appeared in the first Board examinations held at 179 centres in 1923 (5,655 in
High School and 89 in Intermediate).
In a span of 100 years, the count of examinees swelled from 5,744 in 1923 to 56,07,118 in 2020 (including 25,14,827 in High School and 25,84,511 in Intermediate).
“For the 2021 exams, a total of 56,03,813 students including 29,94,312 for High School and 26,09,501 for Intermediate have registered, and for them, 8,513 centres have been planned,” said Divya Kant Shukla, secretary, UP Board.
According to the 2019 population figures of 233 nations released by the United Nations, the population of 118 countries is less than 56 lakh.
This, despite the UP Board – following many anti-copying measures in the past few years – has actually witnessed a fall in the count of examinees registering for the Class 10 and Class 12 exams.
In 2018, the board had attracted 66,37,018 registrations from students for the Board exams and for 2021 edition of the exams has witnessed a fall of 10,33,205 students.
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