HSC: Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations will begin across the country on Sunday, 6 November.
6, 22,796 are male examinees and 5,80,611 are female students. The examinations will take place at 2,649 centers the exams will end on December 13.
The number of examinees was 13,99,690 last year while the number of examinees this year declined by 1,96,283 compared to that of last year.
Candidates should enter the examination hall at least 30 minutes before the beginning of the examination, the minister said.
In case of late entry due to unavoidable reasons, the candidate’s roll number, time of entry, reason for delay etc, should be written in a register and reported to the concerned education board on the same day, she said, adding that which set of question papers will be distributed will be informed 25 minutes before the start of the examination.
This year marks and duration of the examinations have been reduced. Candidates of science department have to answer 15 out of 25 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) in 20 minutes. Three out of eight questions must be answered in the written or theory part of the test in 1 hour and 40 minutes. Candidates of Humanities and Business Education will have to answer 15 out of 30 MCQs in 20 minutes. Four out of 11 questions must be answered in the theory part of the examination in 1 hour and 40 minutes.
