Team Herald
PANJIM: Over 19,300 students are set to answer their Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination beginning from April 2. The exams, conducted by the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) will conclude on April 23.
The examination to be held across 28 centres will see 19,343 students appearing for it which include 9,621 boys and 9,722 girls. There are also 284 special children who would be answering the exams.
On April 2, Tuesday, students have to answer Language Paper I- English.
GBSHSE has said that the examination will commence at 9.30am and that the candidates are advised to be present at their respective examination centres 30 minutes prior to the commencement of the exams failing which they would be disqualified.
“Late arrival beyond 30 minutes after the commencement of examination in each subject will disqualify the candidate from appearing for the examination,” the Board said.
Candidate(s) shall not be allowed to leave the examination hall before one hour from the commencement of the examination. The Board has also specified that in no circumstances the examinations will be postponed even though any day is declared as public holiday.
On April 3 it will be floriculture, April 4 is social science paper I- History, April 5 is drawing and painting, April 8 is mathematics, April 9 is pre-vocational subjects while on April 10 is Language Paper II-Hindi. April 12 is Science, April 13 is Third Language and April 15 is Social Science paper II- Geography.
This will be followed by other vocational subjects till April 23.
