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February 2010 / Times of India / Pune Edition |
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 On day one, HSC students find regional language paper easy
Pune: The language papers of the higher secondary certificate (HSC, class XII) examinations left most of the students a happier lot on Tuesday.
The exam was held for regional languages, including Marathi, Urdu, Gujarathi and Sindhi. Most students said the paper was both simple and shorter than usual. The examination was scheduled between 11 am and 2 pm.
Soon after finishing his paper, Nikhil Mehare, a science student, told TOI: It was a very easy paper and most questions were as expected. I completed my paper well in time.
Commerce student Chetan Chowdhary said, there are some difficult subjects in the offing. Todays Marathi paper was like a warm-up to the days ahead. I have attempted all the questions. Even the oral for this subject was quite easy for me. I am hoping for a good score in this subject.
Marathi is my mother tongue, hence, writing the paper was comparatively easier for me. The paper was also not very difficult, said Chetan Belvankar, another commerce student.
The day one of the examinations went off smoothly amidst tight security on Tuesday. As many as 13,00,549 students appeared for the examination conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in arts, science and commerce faculties across the state.
The atmosphere was charged with nervousness and excitement, and a good number of police personnel manned the centres to avoid any wrong incidents.
Students, parents make use of helpline
Pune: The Pune division helpline, set up at the board office to answer queries of students, received several calls during the day. An official attending these calls said, Most of the calls were regarding use of calculators. However, it has been informed earlier also that calculators are only allowed for students with learning disability. Others cannot take calculators inside exam halls.
The official said that a few parents also called to ask if the examinations started on time. The helpline kept ringing up to 1.30 pm.
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