6,23,092 students to write SSC exams from today

A foolproof mechanism is in place to prevent malpractice or paper leaks in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Board examinations scheduled to be held in Andhra Pradesh from March 18 to March 30, 2024, School Education Commissioner S. Suresh Kumar has said.

Mr. Suresh Kumar held a review meeting with the Collectors, District Education Officers and other department officials to ensure arrangements were in place for the smooth conduct of the examinations.

The examinations are scheduled from 9.30 a.m. to 12.45 p.m. for three hours and 15 minutes, and the candidates will be allowed to enter the examination centres from 8.45 a.m. to 9.30 a.m., he said.

The department made the hall tickets available on its official website on March 4 and asked the candidates to download or collect them from their school headmasters.

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Examinations D. Devananda Reddy, meanwhile, instructed Chief Superintendents, department officers and invigilators deployed at the exam centres to permit all students with their downloaded hall tickets, without insisting on the signature of their respective headmasters.

Of the 6,23,092 registered candidates, 3,17,939 are boys, while 3,05,153 are girls. In the regular stream, 6,23,092 students will write their exams, 1,562 under Oriental Secondary School Certificate (OSSC) and 1,02,528 reenrolled candidates will appear for the test in 3,473 exam centres.

The department has deployed 3,473 Chief Superintendents, 3,473 officers and 35,119 invigilators to ensure peaceful conduct of the exams. Besides, 156 flying squads and 682 sitting squads have been constituted and CCTV cameras have been installed for surveillance at 130 ‘troublesome centres’.