Nagpur SSC 2012- Over 2L students from Nagpur division to appear for SSC exam

 Over 13.46 lakh students would take SSC exam, conducted by Maharashtra State board, which will commence from Thursday with Marathi spaper. Of them 2.06 lakh would be appearing from six districts in Nagpur division from 648 centres. 

Even Std 12 exams of Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) would commence from the same day in which nearly 2,000 students from the city schools will appear. The CBSE Std 12 exams would begin from Friday, where over 3,000 students would appear from 32 schools. 

This year saw a decline of 2.92 lakh students appearing for SSC exam from the state compared to last year where 16.38 lakh had taken it. However, in Nagpur division, their numbers increased by 4,000 as compared to 1.97 lakh last year. From the newly formed Konkan division, 45,386 students will appear. 

"As many as 47 centres were declared notorious and we will be keeping extra watch on them," Board's Nagpur division chairman Chandramani Borkar told TOI, a dozen SSC exam centres were closed and some new ones opened. So there will be 648 centres this year, down from 652 last year, she said. 

Students from 2,473 schools would sit for SSC exams from the division. "The number of flying squad would be doubled than those deployed for the HSC exam. This has been done to keep a check on malpractices. Such cases rise during the SSC exams due to more students and centres," he said. Additionally, CCTV cameras under supervision of respective district collectors have also been installed, he added. 

From this year, the papers of mathematics and science and technology will be conducted according to revised syllabus. The science and technology papers will be conducted in two parts - Paper I and II - in the same session. The theory exam will have 30 marks for each paper, while 20 marks would be allotted for practical. Remaining 20 marks would be provided for a multiple choice question exams to be conducted by the schools. For clearing languages, the students have to score at least 105 marks in three subjects. 

Borkar said that they may commence centralized admission process (CAP) to the junior colleges immediately after the SSC results are declared. "A proposal in this regard is pending with the government. It will save students' time," he said.