Board declares exam schedule

Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board ( GSHSEB) on Tuesday declared the schedule of the SSC, HSC science and general streams as well as the second semester board exam of XI (science).

In SSC, over 10.5 lakh students are expected to appear for the exams. Board officials have made it easy for the students by giving one-day holiday between main papers for the students to be better prepared.

In HSC (science) fourth semester exam, over one lakh students will appear which will be the final semester exam. Board has departed from tradition and not given any holiday between main papers. This exam will begin on March 18 with maths as the first paper. On March 19 chemistry, March 20 physics, March 21 English and Gujarati (first language), and on March 22 biology exams will be held.

The board has also declared the schedule of XI (science) second semester exam which will also begin from March 7.

The SSC exams will be conducted from 10 am to 1.20 pm. It will have two papers - the first paper will be objective and the second paper subjective in nature.

The SSC exams will conclude on March 16 while the HSC (general) and old course science stream exams will conclude on March 21.

Board officials said that they have sent the detailed schedule of the exams to the respective

Board declares 99% result for class XI 1 semester exam

The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) on Monday declared over 99 per cent result of first semester exams of Class XI (science). In all, 1,16,940 students had appeared for the exam of which 617 students have failed while 241 candidates did not appear for all the exams.

In the A group, 74,536 students had appeared of which 74,097 students cleared the exam. The result was 99.41 per cent. In the B group, 42,361 students appeared for the exam of which 41,942 students passed. The result was 99.01 per cent.

Officials said that 763 students have scored 99 percentile and above in the A group while 438 students have scored over 99 percentile in the B group.

A record 86 students scored 100 out of 100 marks in chemistry while 81 students scored cent percent marks in maths and 23 students in physics. Students also scored cent per cent marks in languages where 12 students scored 100 out of 100 in English and one in Hindi. Not a single student scored cent per cent marks in biology.

Recently, the GSHSEB also declared 99 per cent result in the third semester exam of HSC (science). Officials said that the final result of HSC (science) will be declared after the fourth semester exam is conducted in March.

A total of 129 students with disabilities had also appeared for the exam of which 121 students cleared the exam.

GSHSEB chairman R R Varsani said that the semester system which was introduced in class XI and XII (science) last year will prove to be blessing for the students. "Appearing for semester exams has taken off a lot of burden from students. We are hopeful that the over all result in 2013 would be better than past years," said Varsani.

Class XI results to be declared on Monday

Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) will declare the results of the first semester exams of class XI (science) on Monday.

Officials said that nearly 1.70 lakh students have appeared in the first semester exam which comprised objective-type questions. This is the highest number of students appearing in the science board exam this year.

These papers were corrected by Optical Mark Reader (OMR). The results will be sent to school principals and will be declared to students on the same day. The result is expected to be around 90 per cent since the students tend to score better in OMR papers.

Recently, the third semester results of HSC (science) students was declared, and they were in the 90 per cent region. The final fourth semester exam for the students will be held in March.