Pune: Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education will conduct supplementary examinations for students of classes X and XII from June 16.The Class X supplementary SSC exam will be held from June 16 to June 30 and that for Class XII from June 16 to July 8. The results are expected to be declared by July 15, said Trigun Kulkarni, chairperson, state board.Students who failed in classes X and XII exams held in Feb/March or those who were allowed to keep term (ATKT) can apply for supplementary exams. Students who passed but wish to improve their scores can do so through class improvement scheme by appearing for the supplementary exams.Practical, graded, oral and internal assessments as well as NSQF internal professional course practical examinations for Class XII will be held between June 16 and July 8, while the same for Class XII will be held between June 16 and June 30.The date-wise detailed schedule has been made available on the board’s official website (www.mahahsscboard.in). The state board has clarified that the timetable provided to the secondary school/higher secondary school/junior college before the examination will be final. ‘Students must confirm the dates of the examination from the printed timetable on the hall ticket. The timetable printed on other websites or on social media or other media should not be accepted, added the statement from state board.More questions per page to save paper, cut expensesThe state board may change the way question papers are printed from this supplementary exam. “In the previous question papers, large margins were left and sometimes only one question per page was printed. This led to question papers running into double digit pages. This was not only a wastage of paper but also is expensive. We are trying to change the printing of the question paper by introducing more questions within the page without cluttering it. Everything will be done ergonomically so that students find it comfortable. This will cut cost of printing by nearly 60% and also save a proportional amount of paper,” said Trigun Kulkarni, chairperson, state board.
