Bhubaneswar, 18 February (H.S.): The Odisha Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) began the annual Plus Two examinations across the state today. On the first day, students from the Science stream took their MIL (Mother Language) paper.

Examinations for Arts and Commerce stream students will start tomorrow, with the exams scheduled to run until March 27.

A total of 3,93,618 students are sitting for the exams at 1,276 centres across Odisha. Of these, 2,47,391 students belong to the Arts stream, 1,14,980 to Science, 25,526 to Commerce, and 5,721 to Vocational Education.

To prevent question paper leaks and tackle malpractice, the CHSE has implemented a robust four-tier security system. District-level squads have been stationed to monitor the process, while zonal-level squads, observers, and internal squads at the college level will make random and surprise visits to examination centres to ensure strict compliance with the rules.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Monalisa Panda