CBSE Papers : Over 1.6 million students will sit for CBSE Board Exams

Over 1.6 million students will sit for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations starting March 3, 2010, at over 5,500 centres spread across the country and abroad, an official release said on Friday.

This year 902,517 students of class 10 and 699,129 of class 12 will take the board exams, a CBSE release said.

Last year, 824,438 candidates appeared for the class 10 examinations while 637,578 students took the class 12 exams.

Of the total number of class 10 students, 368,802 are female candidates while 533,715 are male students. Similarly, in the class 12 exams, there are 290,762 female candidates and 408,367 male students.

Among the candidates in special categories, 1,891 of class 10 and 1,306 of class 12 will appear for examinations in the country and abroad.

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