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panjim: As over 19,000 students are set to answer SSC examination from Thursday, the Goa Board has banned the use of any electronic gadgets in the exam hall.
Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) will conduct SSC examination from May 21 to June 6.
The examination will begin with the pre-vocational subjects. It will commence at 9 am in all categories. All the candidates have been advised to be present at their respective ‘Centre of Examination’, 30 minutes prior to the commencement of the paper.
Students will be provided 10 minutes extra for writing paper as one-time relaxation.
Further, in series of instructions, candidates are directed to use only Blue ball pen for writing the answers and Black lead pencil for drawing figures, diagrams and rough work. Use of any coloured ink is strictly prohibited. Answers written in any colour other than blue will not be assessed. Candidates are not allowed to use Gel pen.
The SSC Examination will be conducted at 29 Centres The SSC Examination will be conducted at 29 Centres throughout the State. The number of candidates appearing for the SSC 2020examinations is 19,680 out of which 9,790 are boys and 9890 are girls.
Class X examination will begin with pre-vocational subjects on May 21 and May 22, while the First Language paper will be held on May 23. A two-day gap for Mathematics paper has been granted, exams for which will be held on May 26.
On May 27, Language II paper and on May 28 Language III paper exams will be held. On May 29, History and on May 30 Geography papers have been scheduled. The main examination will conclude with Science paper on June 1, which will be followed by other vocational papers till June 6.