Amid the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, around 58,000 students appeared in the first examination of annual 12th standard examinations in Kashmir on Thursday.
An official statement issued by the J-K Board of School Education (JKBOSE), which conducts the annual examination, stated that almost all of the 58,514 students who had registered for the exam wrote the opening paper at 626 centres in Kashmir.
In winter zone Jammu also, a total of 15,055 students appeared in the exam at 188 centres.
Secretary JKBOSE, Manisha Sareen along with Joint Secretary, Examinations JKBOSE, Prof Aijaz Ahmad Hakak visited examination centres set up in Srinagar and its peripheries to ensure conduct of fair exams.