LUCKNOW: UP Board class 10 and 12 examinations will begin on April 24. The high school examinations will get over on May 10 and those of intermediate on May 12.
Announcing the datesheet, deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma, who also holds the education portfolio, said the high school examinations will get over in 12 working days and the intermediate exams in 15 days. Last year too, Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board examinations were completed in the same duration.
Urging students to prepare themselves for the exams with a positive mindset, Sharma said the timely announcement of the datesheet will give sufficient time to the students for preparation.
As per the time-table, the first paper for class 10 students will be Elementary Hindi, and for class 12 it will be General Hindi. More than 56 lakh students — 31.5 lakh boys and 24.5 lakh girls — have filled forms for high school and intermediate examinations. A total 29.9 lakh examinees — 16.7 lakh boys and 13.2 lakh girls — have registered for high school examination. For the intermediate exam, 26.1 lakh examinees — 14.7 lakh boys and 11.3 lakh girls — have registered. The numbers are marginally lesser than last year when 56 lakh students had registered for the exams.
Last year, UP Board exams began on February 18. The class 10 exams got over on March 3 and class 12 on March 6. In fact, UP was among the first states where exams got over before the lockdown. The Covid-19 pandemic which forced shutdown of schools for almost 7 months led to exams being delayed by almost two months.