New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) public exams for classes 10 and 12 begin on Thursday (February 15) in 27 countries, including India. Over 39 lakh students are taking the exams.
On the first day, class 10 students have subjects such as Painting. For class 12, Thursday’s papers include Entrepreneurship and Capital Market Operation.
While the class 10 exams will end on March 13, the last subject of class 12 is scheduled on April 2. The timings of most subjects are from 10.30 am to 1.30 pm. However, some papers of two-hour duration will be over by 12.30 pm.
CBSE authorities have instructed students to reach the hall 45 minutes before the start of the exam. Entry to the hall will be allowed only up to 10 am, they said.
CBSE has also cautioned students against disinformation regarding the leakage of question papers.