NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, FEB 28
Minister for School Education K.A. Sengottaiyan said that 3,012 examination centres will be set up across the State for Class X, XI and XII public examinations. The public examination begins on Monday (March 2).
Speaking to media persons in Tiruppur, he said that the number of centres this year is more than that of the previous academic year. A total of 8,16,359 class XII students; 9,45,006 class X students and 8,26,119 class XI students will appear for the public examinations this year, Mr. Sengottaiyan said.
The examinations will be held from 10 a.m. to 1.15 p.m. where students will get an additional 15 minutes to read the question papers. The results of Class XII public examinations will be announced on April 24. Class X examination results will be out on May 4 and Class XI results on May 14, the Mr. Sengottaiyan added.
The Director of Examinations of the Education department is fully gearing up to conduct the examinations, the sources said.
