Reported by Malay Ray
Sundargarh, Feb 23:

The annual High School Certificate (HSC) Examinations went on smoothly on the first day in Odisha’s Sundargarh district barring incidence of malpractices at some centres.

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As informed by District Education Officer (DEO), Dhurba Charan Behera, the district level squad during a surprise raid, booked 27 students for malpractice at some centres.

Out of a total of 27492 students appearing the examinations in 124 centres in the district, 26390 are of Regular and 927 ex-Regular streams.

The DEO also informed that the question papers and answer sheets are kept under tight security at 19 nodal centres in the district.