26,682 students set to appear in Higher Secondary Exams

IMPHAL, Feb 21: A total of 26,682 candidates are set to appear in the forthcoming Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examinations, 2013.

The preparations for the HSSLC exam 2013 to be conducted by Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur (COHSEM) has been completed, Sagolsem Kiran Singh, Controller of Examinations of the council, told Newmai News Network on Thursday.

For the exam, which is to commence on February 28; 29,593 students had registered and 2,911 of them were rejected by the council following which 26, 682 have been announced eligible to appear, he said.

6, 899 will give the exam in the Arts stream , 648 in Commerce and 19,135 in Science, he informed.

This year, 7, 200 more students have been increased, compared to the previous year’s 19, 482, he added.

He also said the increase in the number of candidates for the HSSLC exam 2013 is mainly due to the decline in the number of migrating students to other states and also a decrease in seeking admission in CBSE schools in the state.

There will be 29 council centres for the scheduled HSSLC exam which will conclude on March 25, while that of private centres is 32.

Official information regarding the exam has been given to the concerned police stations and flying squad teams have also been set up so as to enable smooth conduct of the exam, Kiran said.

However, hectic preparation for the upcoming High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) exam 2013 scheduled to begin from February 27 is going on and that it would be finished within two-three days, according to a source in Board of Secondary Education Manipur (BOSEM).