Srinagar, Oct 19: The class 10th JK Board of School Education (JKBOSE) examination commenced on Monday across Kashmir and winter zone areas of Jammu division.
Around 97,500 students appeared in the examinations in 1003 examination centres set up by JKBOSE.
After appearing in the first paper, the students complimented the JKBOSE authorities and the government for making all the arrangements for the convenience of the examinees.
The students said the question paper was not tough and it did not give any “anxiety” to the students.
“The question paper was easy besides the examination staff was also supportive as well,” one of the students told reporters while leaving the exam centre.
On the first day of examination, JKBOSE team lead by its chairman Ghulam Hassan Sheikh visited various examination centres to monitor the conduct of exams besides the arrangements put in place for the students.
“I visited many centres and students were conveniently writing their papers. The performance will obviously depend on the preparation and hard work of the student,” he told reporters.
Sheikh said special arrangements were put in place for children with special needs who are given genuine concession as per rules and are allotted 20 minutes more time as compared to other students.
“They are our special children and we try our best to facilitate them in exams. They are equally genius and intelligent but need special attention due to their disabilities,” he said.
One of the students said the performance in the exam depends on the preparations and the strategy.
“If a students will get take stress and feels anxiety then he or she cannot perform in the exam. The students should not get panic because of exams and should maintain proper strategy to perform as per the ability,” another student said.
Majority of the students said the standard of the question paper was up to the mark and all the questions were genuinely framed out of the textbook.
“For me, Physics Wallah (the coaching centre) proved very helpful. They provided me with a guess paper, and the entire question paper was based on it,” a female students told reporters outside the exam centre.
