25,000 teachers have been put on invigilation duty. The answer books would be evaluated by around 13,000 teachers in 24 centralised valuation camps. The exams would start at 1:45 in the afternoon. No examination would be held on Fridays as these would be held on Saturdays instead. The exams on March 17 would be conducted on March 26 due to the all important Piravom by poll elections. The students would be accommodated in 2,758 centres across the state, a number which is 27 more than last year.

The Higher Secondary and VHSE (Vocational Higher Secondary Examination) would also begin along with the SSLC exams. This is for the first time that both the first year and second year exams of the higher secondary stream would be conducted on the same date. 4.08 lakh students would be appearing for the second year exams at 1,869 centres. Another 3.71 lakh would be appearing for the first year exams as well.  As for the VHSE, 54,301 students would write their school final exams at 389 centers across the state. 

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