Srinagar: Nearly 97,500 students appeared in the annual regular Class 10 examinations conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Monday, with examinations held at 1,003 centres across Kashmir and the winter-zone areas of Jammu division.
According to JKBOSE, the enrolled candidates include 72,232 students from Kashmir and 25,268 from the winter-zone districts of Jammu division.
JKBOSE Chairman Ghulam Hassan Sheikh said around 2.70 lakh students had enrolled for the Class 10, 11 and 12 examinations across 16 districts, including 10 districts in Kashmir and six in the winter-zone areas of Jammu division.
The board has established 2,402 examination centres for all three classes and completed the deployment of superintendents, deputy superintendents and supervisors, he said.
Sheikh said all necessary arrangements had been completed before the scheduled examinations. He urged Class 10 students, many of whom are appearing in board examinations for the first time, not to feel anxious and to approach the papers with confidence.
He said the question papers had been prepared in accordance with the competency benchmarks prescribed under the National Education Policy 2020.
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