55,190 students appearing HSLC, class XI and HSSLC exams in 280 centers
Morung Express News
Dimapur | February 14
Over 50,000 students appeared for the Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) examinations as the statewide bandh called by the NTAC and the JCC entered its second day on Tuesday.
Even though the NTAC and JCC had exempted students from the purview of the indefinite bandh demanding the resignation of the Nagaland Chief Minister, apprehensive students cautiously made their way through the various check points that the volunteers had set up.
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HSSLC examination underway at the centre of Mezhur Higher Secondary School Kohima on February 14. Students appearing the HSLC/CL XI and HSSLC examinations 2017 were exempted from the purview of the bandh by NTAC and JCC. (Morung Photo)[/caption]
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Students sit for NBSE exams at Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Dimapur on Tuesday. Altogether, 15472 HSSLC students of Arts, Commerce and Science streams are appearing the exams. For the HSLC exam, a total of 22446 candidates including repeaters and improvement are sitting for this year’s exam. (Morung Photo)[/caption]
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Students on their way to appear HSSLC exam in Kohima on Tuesday. Students appearing examinations were exempted from the purview of the Bandh. (Morung Photo)[/caption]
“We have exempted the student’s community appearing for the board exams from the purview of the shutdown in the interest of the state. We have allowed public and private vehicles to ferry students across to the examination centres,” NTAC Convener K.T. Velie told IANS.
At various exam centers, guardians of the students were seen waiting at the premises to take back their students home. “For three hours we have to wait for the students to finish exams since we are apprehensive of commuting repeatedly for dropping and picking of students,” one of the parents said.
In Mokokchung, magistrates with police and medical teams were on duty at the two exam centres.
In Wokha, volunteers helped ferry students going to exam centers on foot. It was further informed that from February 15, the Wokha District Auto Union has volunteered to help transport the students without vehicles to the exam centres.
With the introduction of OMR Sheets since last year, many of the students were reported to be making mistakes while filing up the OMR Sheets thus consuming considerable amount of time for the exam.
Altogether, 55,190 students are appearing HSLC, class XI and HSSLC exams in 280 centers spread across the state.
15,472 HSSLC students of Arts, Commerce and Science streams are appearing the exams out of which 11653 are from Arts stream, 1169 from Commerce and 2650 from Science stream. Out of the 15472 students, 7631 are male and 7841 female.
For the HSLC exam, a total of 22446 candidates including repeaters and improvement are sitting for this year’s exam. Out of the 22446, 10698 are male while female candidates comprise of 11748. Further, 18970 are regular candidates while 3470 are repeaters and 6 are sitting for improvement exam.
NRMSATA appeals to state govt, JCC & NTAC
The Nagaland RMSA Teachers Association (NRMSATA) has expressed concern over the prevailing situation especially when the most crucial evaluation for classes 10 & 12 examination is in progress.
Expressing concern for the students, NRMSATA president Renbemo L Patton and Kezhothito Keyho earnestly appealed to both the parties i.e. the State Government and the JCC and NTAC to settle the current issue amicably “without any further procrastination for the greater interest of our children and community as a whole.”
