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Board Exams: Over 1.8 Lakh Students Absent On First Day
"On the first
day of examinations yesterday, over 1,80,826 students did not appear. It
included over 53,100 high school and over 1.27 lakh intermediate
students," Deputy Director Education Vikas Srivastava told.
An Education
Department official said this number was due to the number of measures
initiated by the state government, including installation of CCTV cameras in
exam halls and using STF and local intelligence to check activities of education
mafia.
A total of 66,37,018
students were registered to appear in this year's UP board exam. These include
36,55,691 appearing for class 10 exams and 29,81,327 students for class 12
exams.
In Hardoi, 11,141 students--3,065 of high school and 8,076 of
intermediate--were absent, in Azamgarh 8,842
students--6,754 of intermediate--were absent, Jaunpur 6,330
students--4,516 of intermediate--and Gonda 6299 students--4376 of
intermediate--did not appear for the exams.
In Firozabad, 5,214 students were absent, Mainpuri 4,922,
Hathras 5,567, Moradabad 6,034, Gorakhpur 4,193, Sant Kabir Nagar 5,160 did not
appear for exams.
Last year, the
overall pass percentage for Class 10 was recorded at 81.18 per cent and in
Class 12, 82.62 per cent students were declared successful.
Over 60.61 lakh
candidates--34.04 lakh for Class 10 and 26.56 lakh for Class 12 were registered
for the high school and intermediate exams in 2017.
In Hardoi, 11,141 students--3,065 of high school and 8,076 of intermediate--were absent, in Azamgarh 8,842 students--6,754 of intermediate--were absent, Jaunpur 6,330 students--4,516 of intermediate--and Gonda 6299 students--4376 of intermediate--did not appear for the exams.
In Firozabad, 5,214 students were absent, Mainpuri 4,922, Hathras 5,567, Moradabad 6,034, Gorakhpur 4,193, Sant Kabir Nagar 5,160 did not appear for exams.
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