SSLC, HSS, VHSC examinations begin

 Monday, March 12, 2012: This year’s SSLC, Higher Secondary (Plus One and Plus Two) and Vocational Higher Secondary (VHS) examinations have begun here on Monday. As many as 4,70,100 students are appearing for this year’s SSLC examinations throughout Kerala.
St. Mary’s High School, Pattom has the highest number of students appearing from Trivandrum this year. About 13000 teachers have been entrusted with the valuation, scheduled in 54 centres.
2,758 centres have been readied for conducting the SSLC exams, scheduled up to March 26. The exams would start at 1.45 p m and end at 4.30 p m in the case of English, Maths and Social Science, 3 pm in the case of IT and all other exams would end at 3.30 p m.
There would be no exams on Fridays and it would be held on Saturdays instead. Due to the Piravom Assembly segment bypoll on March 17, the exams on that day would be held on March 26.
7,313 private candidates would appear for the SSLC exams. School-going candidates would have questions based on a new syllabus and those re-appearing for the exams would have questions based on the old syllabus.

SSLC, still a nightmare for students

KOCHI: If the number of frantic calls flowing into the counselling centres are any indication, then the fast approaching board exams have already started taking its toll on the students.  From the nature of the exam to the mode of
preparation to learning techniques to memorising abilities, students have a wide range of queries. “I have just finished my model exams and it was tougher than I expected. Hardly a month is left for the exams and I do not know how I’ll manage, how I can score better marks, and will I be able to recollect what I have learnt during examination?" asked Deepa (name changed), one of the students who visited a counselling centre in the city.
Probably, these are the common woes of many  SSLC students in the city. The counsellors observe that the pressure among students is growing due to the ‘countdown’ mentality  of teachers and parents.