Dimapur, March 7 (EMN): High school and higher secondary students in Nagaland will go to the Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) examinations on Mar. 8. The examinations this time seem to have a novelty: out of more than 18 thousand candidates for the high school papers, there are two students who will be writing again to 'improve their result,' according to the NBSE.
The NBSE issued a notification on Wednesday. It stated that the Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) examination and the promotion-examination for class-11 commence from Mar. 8 and the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination from Mar. 9.
HSSLC examination: 15, 281 candidates (arts 11339, commerce 1360; science 2582) are enrolled and will be writing at 54 provisional examination centres. Out of 15, 281 candidates, 7827 are girls and 7404 boys, the notice stated.
Arts: Regular candidates from 146 institutions are enrolled. In commerce and science, candidates are from 35 and 38 institutions, in that order.
Further, 17704 students will be writing for the class-11 promotion-examination, the board stated. In the HSLC examination, 10437 boys and 11275 girls will be writing in the examination at 78 provisional examination centres and two sub-centres, the notice stated.
Also, 639 schools are presenting 18, 872 regular candidates for the HSLC examination. 2835 candidates are 'repeaters.' Two students are appearing again to 'improve their result,' the NBSE mentioned. The students were not named. Further, there are three cases of change of centre, it was informed.
'In HSLC examination, Dimapur district has the highest enrolment of 7094 candidates followed by Kohima district with 3619 candidates,' the board stated.
"With the examinations on, the NBSE convey its best wishes to all the candidates appearing for the examination. All candidates are requested to reach the examination centre in time by moving out from home early. It also requests all the centre superintendents and the invigilators to conduct the examinations as per the rules," the board added.
