Patna Feb 18 (IANS) Ahead of the Class 10 examinations the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) on Sunday directed students to sit in exams while wearing slippers or flip-flops and not shoes along with socks.
"There is nothing new in this order to students appearing in Class 10 exams from February 21. It is a usual practice in other examinations held in the state. The board decided to adopt the practice from this year " BSEB Chairman Anand Kishore who issued the instructions on Sunday said.
Nearly 17.70 lakh students will sit for the Class 10 exams at 1 426 centres across the state from February 21 to 28.
Nearly 1 000 students were penalised for cheating during the Class 12 exams that concluded last Saturday.
According to BSEB officials the annual examinations this year were fair and mass cheating is a thing of the past in Bihar.
Last year the Class 12 Arts stream topper was a 42-year-old man who was later arrested for on the charge of faking his age to take the exams.
--IANS
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