On HSC exam eve, pupils in last-minute scramble for permissions from board
Students are often misguided about processes and this compels them to run around one day before exams. We urge all students, teachers and staff involved to reach examination centres before time and warn them not to indulge in any acts of copying or cheating. Mobile phones are strictly not allowed inside exam centres. —Sandeep Sangve, secretary, MSBSHSE Education, Mumbai division
A day before the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations, students were scrambling from point to point at the state board office at Vashi on Monday in order to get approvals, get documents signed and fill in examination forms. Over 15.05 lakh students will appear for the HSC (Class 12) board examinations in Maharashtra, starting today and ending on March 18, 2020.
Students will be appearing for their English paper today, from 11am to 2 pm.
The exam-eve scramble for some students was to get writers, as they had physical injuries, while others wanted to request extra time for the examinations. Taheer Ali, a student of Narayan Guru College of Commerce, Chembur who visited the state board office with his mother, needs an extra hour to write his paper. He said, “I have a lower intelligence quotient (IQ) so I need one hour of extra time to complete my exams. My college asked me to approach the board and seek permission. I was given extra time during my SSC (Class 10) board exams too.”
While, Mushir Joshi, the brother of a Class 12 student, approached the board asking for a writer as his brother had a last-minute wrist surgery. Joshi said, “My brother had an accident and underwent wrist surgery on his right hand on Saturday. We need a writer for him. I have travelled Al the way from Kudus village near Bhiwandi, as I had to get medical proof.”
These last-minute procedures should be avoided as students should focus on preparing for their exams, according to Sandeep Sangve, secretary, Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE), Mumbai division.
He said, “Students are often misguided about processes and this compels them to run around one day before exams. We urge all students, teachers and staff
involved to reach examination centres before time and warn them not to indulge in any acts of copying or cheating. Mobile phones are strictly not allowed inside exam centres.”
The exams will be conducted in 3,036 centres across Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Amaravati, Nashik, Latur and Konkan districts. Students can also contact the helpline and counsellors for assistance required during examination time.