31 lakh take PEC exams

Primary School Certificate (PSC) and Ebtedayee Examinations-2017 began across the country on Sunday.   

The first exam of English started at 11:00am and ended at 1:30pm. The exams will end on November 26.  

According to the Directorate of Primary and Mass Education, a total of 30,96,075 students are sitting for this year’s examinations. 

Among them, as many as 28,04,509 examinees are sitting for PSC examinations while 2,91,566 students are appearing in Ebtedayee examinations this year.

Of the total PSC examinees, 12,99,985 are male and 15,04,524 female while among the Ebtedayee examinees 1,53,152 are male and 1,38,414 female.

The total number of this year's examinees are 1,34,213 less than the previous year as 32,30,288 students appeared in the examinations last year. 

The examinations are taking place at over 7,200 centres across the country and 12 centres abroad.

A total of 3,332 differently-abled students are taking in the examinations this year while they will get additional 20 minutes for completing their exams.