27/10/2009,
The Board of Higher Secondary Examinations, Kerala will conduct the following
Examinations in 2010.
I. Second Year Higher Secondary Examination, March 2010
II. First Year Higher Secondary Examination, March 2010
III. Second Year Higher Secondary SAY/Improvement Examination, June 2010
IV. First Year Higher Secondary Improvement Examination, August 2010
SECOND YEAR HIGHER SECONDARY EXAMINATION, MARCH 2010
The Second year Higher Secondary Examination, March 2010 will consist of:-
(1) Continuous Evaluation
(2) Practical Evaluation
(3) Terminal Evaluation
1) CONTINUOUS EVALUATION (CE)
? Continuous Evaluation is based on the learning activities undergone by the
student in the concerned school.
? Candidates who have undergone Continuous Evaluation (CE) for all the six
subjects alone shall be eligible to appear for Terminal Evaluation in Scheme – 1
& Scheme – 2 of the Second Year Higher Secondary Examination.
2) PRACTICAL EVALUATION (PE)
? The Practical Evaluation shall be based on the scheme and syllabus of the
Academic Year 2009-2010 and shall be conducted during February / March
2010.
? Students attending the Second Year Higher Secondary Examination for the first
time should attend the Practical Evaluation in all subjects. In such case
candidates who absent themselves from the Practical Evaluation of a particular
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subject shall be treated as absent for that subject even though they appear for the
Terminal Evaluation.
? A candidate who have appeared for Practical Evaluation once shall not appear
for the Practical Evaluation again. The score once obtained in the Practical
Evaluation shall be carried forward from the just previous appearance.
? The timetable for Practical Evaluation will be made available by the concerned
schools.
3) TERMINAL EVALUATION (TE)
The Terminal Evaluation will be conducted in the following three Schemes.
(i) SCHEME – 1 (2009 – 2010)
? This Examination shall be based on the curriculum and the syllabus for the
Second Year Higher Secondary students of 2009-2010.
? The result of the Examination shall be determined by the combined scores of
First and Second Year Examinations, taken together and grades thereupon
obtained by the candidate.
? To become eligible for higher studies a candidate should obtain D+ grade or
above. To obtain D+ grade for a subject, a minimum of 30% of the aggregate
score of CE, PE and TE, ie., 60 scores should be obtained with a separate
minimum score of 30% of TE maximum for Terminal Evaluation. The
minimum score required for Terminal Evaluation for subjects with Practical
Evaluation is 36 and for subjects without Practical Evaluation, 48.
? For securing D+ grade for Music separate minimum of 30% score of T.E. as
well as PE (24 scores each) should be obtained.
? To attain D+ grade or above grade for Biology, separate minimum for Botany
and Zoology is not required.
ELIGIBILITY
? The Examination is conducted for candidates who are undergoing Second Year
Higher Secondary Course during the Academic Year 2009-2010 through Higher
Secondary Schools and Open School (Regular and Private).
? Candidates should have undergone Continuous Evaluation for all the six
subjects and completed the Second Year Higher Secondary Course.
? School going candidates should have completed the Second Year Higher
Secondary Course by securing not less than 75% attendance. Shortage of
attendance below the prescribed minimum can be condoned in deserving cases
based on existing rules. For details see Appendix - 17
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? Candidates who have appeared for the First Year Higher Secondary
Examination, March 2009 and or First Year Higher Secondary Improvement
Examination, August 2009 only should attend the Examination in this Scheme.
For subjectwise distribution of Scores and Grade range – See Appendix– 4 & 12.
(ii) SCHEME - 2 (2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009)
? The Examination shall be based on the curriculum & syllabus for the Second
Year Higher Secondary students of Academic Year 2008-2009.
? The Question papers for students under this scheme shall be the same as that
for the students under Scheme – 1 (2009-2010) except for the subjects
Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Geography, Economics and
Political Science.
? The results of this Examination shall be determined by the scores of the
Second Year Examination only and grades thereupon obtained by the
candidate.
? A candidate should obtain 30% of the maximum score, i.e., 30 scores and
separate minimum of 30% score for Terminal Evaluation (TE) viz., 24 for
subjects without Practical Evaluation and 18 for subjects with Practical
Evaluation to become eligible for higher studies.
? In the case of Biology, separate minimum of 30% score of the TE maximum,
i.e., 9 scores for Botany and Zoology separately.
? In the case of Music, 30% score of the aggregate should be obtained for the
Terminal Evaluation as well as the Practical Evaluation.
? Candidate belonging to this Scheme and who have undergone PE earlier shall
not attend Practical Evaluation again. The score once obtained for CE and PE
will be the final score and will be carried forward from their previous
appearance.
? If by any circumstance, a candidate was not able to attend Practical
Evaluation previously, such candidate should attend Practical Evaluation also.
If such candidates absent themselves for the Practical Evaluation of a
particular subject he / she will be treated as absent for that subject even if they
attend the Terminal Evaluation.
ELIGIBILITY
? The Examination is conducted for candidates who underwent the Second Year
Higher Secondary Course prior to Academic Year 2009-2010 in the Grading
system.
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? Candidates admitted to Higher Secondary Course in the Academic Year 2005
– 2006 or later and who failed to attain D+ or above for any subject in the
Higher Secondary Examination can register only for those subjects for which
they failed to attain D+ or above Grade.
? Candidates who completed Higher Secondary Course in March 2009, but
could not write Second Year Higher Secondary Examination, in March 2009
since they failed to attain atleast D+ grade or above in all subjects in the First
Year Higher Secondary Common Examination. (Such candidates should have
secured D+ or above grades in all the subjects in the First Year Higher
Secondary Common Examination can register for this Examination. If they
have not secured D+ or above grades in all the subjects in the First Year
Higher Secondary Examinations conducted till date, they can register for the
Second Year Higher Secondary Examination only after appearing for the First
Year Higher Secondary Examination conducted by the Directorate and their
result will be determined by the combined scores of First and Second Year
Examinations, taken together and grades thereupon obtained by them ).
? Candidates who could not write Second Year Higher Secondary Examination,
March 2009, since they failed to attain minimum required attendance,
thereafter secured readmission, completed required attendance and has already
secured D+ or above for all subjects in the First Year Higher Secondary
Common Examination can register for this Examination.
? Candidates who could not attend Higher Secondary Examination, March,
2009 / Candidates whose results were withheld, since they failed to undergo
Continuous Evaluation are eligible to attend this Examination, provided he /
she has undergone Continuous Evaluation .
For subject wise distribution of Scores and for Grade range see Appendix- 5&13.
N.B:- Candidates belonging to the last three criteria shall be treated as Private
Full Course candidates. Candidates who discontinued Second Year Higher
Secondary Course does not belong to this category. Only those candidates who got
readmitted to Schools / Open Schools during the Second Year Higher Secondary
Course are eligible to appear for the Examination.
(III) SCHEME - 3 (Prior to 2006 – 2007)
? The Examination in the scheme will be based on the curriculum and syllabus
of Second Year students of Academic Year 2005 – 2006.
? Candidates who underwent Higher Secondary Course in the very Old Scheme,
ie when the aggregate score of each subject was 150 and attended for all
subjects in the Higher Secondary Examination, March 2009 in Old Scheme,
can also either register for the subjects they failed in the Higher Secondary
Examination, March 2009 or for the subjects they failed in the Higher
Secondary Examinations conducted prior to 2009 March. However such
candidates will not be permitted to combine the results of the Higher
Secondary Examination March 2009 with the results of the Exams taken by
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them prior to the Higher Secondary Examination March 2009 for reckoning /
declaring their results.
? Candidates belonging to the category just mentioned above and who have not
attended the Higher Secondary Examination, March 2009 can register for the
subjects they failed in the Higher Secondary Examination conducted prior to
March 2009 and appear for the Examination in this Scheme.
? To become eligible for higher studies a candidate should score a minimum of
35% of the aggregate in all subjects.
? Candidates appearing for this Examination shall appear for the theory
examination only. The marks obtained in the Practical Examination just
preceding the March 2010 Examination shall be carried over and reckoned for
the examination.
? This shall be the last Examination under this scheme. If a candidate under
this scheme attending this Examination fails to become eligible for higher
studies, he / she should again join Higher Secondary course for pursuing his /
her studies, under the new grading system.
ELIGIBILITY
? All candidates admitted to the Higher Secondary Course prior to the
Academic Year 2005-2006 or who registered for the Higher Secondary
Examination prior to the introduction of the Grading system are eligible to
appear for the failed subjects at this Examination.
For subject wise distribution of Scores see Appendix – 6.
FIRST YEAR HIGHER SECONDARY EXAMINATION, MARCH 2010
The First year Higher Secondary Examination, March 2010 shall consist of
(1) Continuous Evaluation
(2) Terminal Evaluation
1) CONTINUOUS EVALUATION (CE)
? Continuous Evaluation is based on the learning activities undergone by the
student in the concerned school.
? Candidates who have undergone Continuous Evaluation (CE) for all the six
subjects alone shall become eligible to appear for Terminal Evaluation of the
First Year Higher Secondary Examination.
2) TERMINAL EVALUATION (TE)
? The First Year Higher Secondary Terminal Evaluation (TE) shall be
conducted along with the Second Year Higher Secondary Terminal
Evaluation, March 2010.
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? The scores obtained at the First Year Higher Secondary Public Examination
shall be carried forward to the Second Year and the combined scores of First
and Second Year Examinations and grades obtained thereupon by the
candidate shall determine the eligibility of the candidate for higher studies.
? There shall not be any Practical Evaluation for the First Year Higher
Secondary students.
? Candidates who have registered for the First Year Higher Secondary
Examination during 2009-2010 are only eligible to be promoted to the Second
Year Course during 2010-2011.
? Candidates who have attended all subjects in the First Year Higher Secondary
Examination and completed the Second Year course only are eligible to
register for the Second Year Higher Secondary Examination.
? There shall be no separate minimum of scores for different subjects in First
Year Higher Secondary Examination for becoming eligible for Second Year
Course during 2010-2011.
ELIGIBILITY
? The Examination is conducted for candidates who are undergoing First Year
Higher Secondary Course during the Academic Year 2009-2010 through Higher
Secondary Schools and Open School (Regularand Private).
? Candidate should have undergone Continuous Evaluation for all six subjects
and completed First Year Higher Secondary Course.
? School-going candidates should have completed the First Year Higher
Secondary Course by securing not less than 75% attendance. Shortage of
attendance below the prescribed minimum can be condoned in deserving cases
based on existing rules. For details see Appendix – 17.
? Candidate who have registered for the First Year Higher Secondary
Examination, March 2009 but did not appear for the First Year Higher
Secondary Examination, March 2009 or First Year Improvement Examination,
August 2009 can also register for this Examination provided they have
undergone Continous Evaluation for all six subjects. In the case of Schoolgoing
candidates, they should have completed the First Year Course by securing
not less than 75% attendance.
For subject wise distribution of Scores see Appendix- 7
SPECIAL CATEGORY CANDIDATES
? In accordance with the direction in G.O.(M.S.)No.15/2009 G.Edn. dated
04/02/2009, candidates who have completed the Higher Secondary Course in
the Grading System with a particular combination of subjects are eligible to
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reappear for the Higher Secondary Examination with a different subject
combination after two years of study. They should register through Higher
Secondary School / Open School subject to the relevant rules in this regard.
? If such candidates have registered through Higher Secondary Schools / Open
School within the stipulated time and has undergone CE in the subjects they can
write First Year Higher Secondary Examination March 2010 in the concerned
subjects.
SECOND YEAR HIGHER SECONDARY SAY / IMPROVEMENT EXAMINATION,
JUNE 2010
? Candidates who have appeared for the Second Year Higher Secondary
Examination March, 2010 under Scheme – 1 and who failed to become eligible
for higher studies can register for all the subjects for which they failed to attain
D+ or above grade, so as to improve his / her grades in those subjects.
? Candidates who have secured D+ or above for five subjects in the Second Year
Higher Secondary Examination, March 2010 in Scheme – 2 can register for the
one subject for which he/she failed to attain D+ or above grade. If a candidate
in this scheme has failed to secure D+ grade or above for more than one
subject he / she will not be eligible to write this Examination.
? Candidates who have appeared for the Second Year Higher Secondary
Examination, March, 2010 in Scheme – 3 are not eligible to register for this
Examination.
? Candidates who have appeared for the the Second Year Higher Secondary
Examination, March 2010 in Scheme – 1 and achieved D+ or above grades for
all six subjects and thus became eligible for higher studies can appear for this
Examination, to improve the grade of one subject only.
? For subsequent appearances a candidate shall appear only for Terminal
Evaluation (TE) of that subject. The CE scores and PE scores ( in the case of
subjects with Practicals) of the March, Examination of such candidates shall be
carried over to the subsequent appearances. If a candidate had not undergone
Practical Evaluation previously, he/she should attend the same along with this
Examination. Otherwise he / she will be treated as absent for that subject.
? The Marksheet recording only the scores of subject / subjects the candidate has
attended in this Examination shall be issued. They shall not be given
consolidated marksheet with the scores obtained for subjects in this
Examination and the scores obtained for subjects in the March, Examination.
However eligibility / non eligibility of the candidate for higher studies will be
recorded in the Certificate.
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FIRST YEAR IMPROVEMENT EXAMINATION, AUGUST 2010
? Candidates who have registered for the First Year Higher Secondary
Examination, March 2010 can register for this examination upto three subjects
for improving his / her grades in those subjects.
? Candidates who have registered for the First Year Higher Secondary
Examination, March, 2010, but could not attend the First Year Higher
Secondary Examination, March, 2010 due to various reasons can register for all
subjects for which they were absent.
? Candidates who have attended all subjects in the First Year Higher Secondary
Examination only are eligible to register for the Second Year Higher Secondary
Examination.
? Candidates who have registered for the First Year Higher Secondary
Examination, March 2010 for all subjects but could not appear for Examination
in all subjects are eligible to register for the subjects for which they were absent
and also to improve upto three subjects for which they appeared in the March
Examination.
? Candidates who have appeared for the Second Year Higher Secondary
Examination March 2010, and SAY Examination, June 2010 but failed to attain
D+ or above grades for all the subjects, can also register for those papers for
which they failed to attain D+ or above grades in this Examination. However,
the scores obtained for this Examination shall be combined only with the scores
obtained by the candidate for the Second Year Higher Secondary Examination,
which the candidate attends subsequently in the next Examination in March for
reckoning the result.
GUIDELINES REGARDING SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FOR
REGISTRATION
? Candidates are required to submit application in the prescribed form within the
prescribed date to register for the Higher Secondary Examination. The format
of the application is provided in the Department portal
(www.dhsekerala.gov.in). They can download the form and use or use the
form supplied by the Higher Secondary Directorate.
? Duly filled up applications shall be submitted to the Head of the Institution in
which the candidate is studying / studied. The format of the application form is
provided in Appendix – 32
? Open School candidates should apply only in the Centre allotted to them.
? Scheme-2 & Scheme–3 candidates should submit applications in the
Examination Centre they had attended Higher Secondary Examination
previously.
? Candidates who wrote Higher Secondary Examination previously in the sub
centre should submit application in the main centre.
? No change of centre shall be allowed
? Applications submitted after the last date shall be rejected.
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? Candidates should not sent applications directly to this office.
? A passportsize photograph should be pasted in the space provided in the
application form. The photograph should be attested by the concerned
Principal.
? Open School candidates should submit their applications for Higher Secondary
Examinations in the prescribed form along with the Private Registration Memo
/ Attested copy of identity card issued by the Kerala State Open School,
remitting the prescribed fees to the Principal of the School where they had
submitted their application for private registration.
? Open School candidates registering for the Second Year Higher Secondary
Examination should submit attested copy of the marklist of the First Year
Examination (Std: XI)
? Candidates belonging to the first two criteria in the Scheme–2
(Compartmental) and Scheme–3 candidates should submit copies of
selfattested marklist of the Examinations they have attended previously along
with the application.
? School going candidates should register for the Higher Secondary Examination
only for the subjects sanctioned by the Higher Secondary Directorate, in the
school.
? Open School candidates should register for the Higher Secondary Examination
only for the subjects recorded in the registration memo.
? Candidates who have not undergone Continuous Evaluation / have not
secured minimum percentage of attendance / have not been issued order
sanctioning condonation of shortage of attendance will not be allowed to
write Higher Secondary Examination even if they register for the
Examination.
? The prescribed fee for the Examination should be remitted to the School before
the prescribed date. The School Principal will remit the same in the treasury
and obtain the remittence chalan. The amount once remitted as Examination
fees will not be refunded or adjusted towards the fee for a subsequent
Examination on any account.
? Applications will not be received in the Examination centres not allotted to the
candidates.
DUTIES OF THE PRINCIPAL / CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT
? The Principals should collect applications of the students of that School, of the
Open School candidates allotted to their Centre and of those candidates who
attended Higher Secondary Examination previously from that Centre.
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? The Principals should upload the candidate details in the software provided by
the Examination Secretary.
? The Principals should upload the Continuous Evaluation scores of the
candidates within the last date prescribed for the same by using the soft ware,
EVALPRO.
? The list of candidates belonging to Private Full Course, Scheme – 3 and
Special Category candidates should be submitted to the Examination branch
of the Directorate in the proforma provided by the Examination Secretary,
along with the copy of the applications of the candidates, within the last date
prescribed for the same. The Principal should not upload the same through
Department Portal.
? The Demand Collection Balance (DCB) statement should be uploaded within
the prescribed date for the same, by using the software provided by the
Examination Secretary.
? The Principals should remit the Examination fee of the candidates in the
Treasury within two days of the receipt of applications.
? The Examination fees of the Open School candidates and the Compartmental
candidates should be collected by the concerned School Principals, remitted to
Treasury in the concerned Head of Account and thereafter record the same in
the DCB statement.
? The Principals should down load the admission tickets as and when it become
available in the Portal and distribute the same to the candidates atleast three
days before the commencement of the Examination. The Principals should
ensure that there are no defects regarding the admission tickets and a
candidate possess the same Admission Ticket issued to him / her.
? The Admission Tickets should not be issued to candidates who have not
undergone Continuous Evaluation / secured minimum prescribed attendance /
have not been issued order sanctioning condonation of shortage of attendance
from the concerned authority.
? The mistakes, if any crept in the Admission Tickets of a candidate should be
brought to the notice of the Directorate immediately and necessary corrections
made.
? For any post result correction or for releasing a withheld result, it is the duty
of the concerned School Principal to contact the Examination branch of the
Directorate and act according to the need of the hour. No candidate should be
sent to the Directorate for post result correction.
? The Certificates should be distributed to the candidates who attended in that
Examination Centre after thorough checking, proper verification and after
making necessary entries in the Register for receipt and issue of Certificates.
? The Principals should initiate steps to redress the grievance / solve the
complaints, if any, of the candidate in accordance with the existing norms and
on no account they shall be sent to the Directorate.
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? In the case of SC/ST/OEC candidates, instructions given by the concerned
authorities should be strictly complied with. The Principal should get the fee
due from such students reimbursed from the concerned Department in time,
remit the same to the relevant head of account in the Government Treasury,
there after include the names of such candidates in the DCB statement which
is to be uploaded to the Department Portal.
? When Examination fees is remitted by the candidate the same should be
recorded in the Receipt book and a fee receipt should be issued to each
candidate. The Principal should remit the amount within two days to the
Treasury and obtain the remittance chalan.
? Chalan Receipt of fee remitted in the Treasury should be kept under safe
custody in the School.
? The Principal is entirely responsible for the consequent problems that occur
due to his / her own negligence regarding the uploading of CE or students’
data within the last date fixed for the same.
? The Principal of the School should ensure that all entries in the application for
condonation of shortage of attendance are made, application properly
documented and enclosures submitted are proper. Each individual application
for condonation should be recommended by the Principal. Applications of
Std: XI and Std XII should be submitted separately with a list comprising the
name of students who applied for condonation of shortage of attendance in
each class. The last date for calculating the total attendance of candidate may
be fixed as 30/01/2010. The total number of working days in an Academic
Year stated in the application should not vary with different candidates. Only
if the entries in each columns of the application is correct, documents are
proper and the candidate is eligible for condonation, the application need be
recommended and forwarded. On no account defective applications should be
recommended and forwarded to the concerned superior authority and on no
account a candidate with less than the minimum prescribed attendance or who
are not in receipt of the order regarding condonation of shortage of attendance
be permitted to write the Higher Secondary Examination. Applications
submitted after the last date prescribed for the same should be rejected and
instructions regarding the matter should be given to the candidates,
immediately.
? All communications / circulars in connection with the Examination will be
communicated through the dhseportal (www.dhsekerala.gov.in) only.
No separate hard copy will be sent to the Schools. The Principals should
check the portal every day for departmental communications / circulars.
The Principals should download the Circulars provided in the Department
Portal and should strictly comply with the instructions given by the
Examination Secretary, from time to time.
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REVALUATION / PHOTOCOPY / SCRUTINY
? Candidates who are dissatisfied with the Examination result can apply for
revaluation of their answerscript.
? The Revaluation fee is Rs. 400/- per paper. For Scrutiny, the candidate should
remit Rs. 75/- per paper.
? The candidate can also apply to obtain a photocopy of the answerscript by
remitting Rs. 300/- per paper.
? The application should be submitted within the last date fixed for the same.
? For applications submitted upto an year after the last date, the fee for
Photocopy of the answerscript of one subject will be Rs. 1000/- and after an
year, Rs.2000/-. However such applications will be entertained only upto two
years from March 31st of the concerned Examination.
? When there is a change in the scores obtained after Revaluation, the candidate
should submit the mark sheet already received and receive the newone within a
month. Request for effecting RV change after one month will not be
entertained.
? The answerscripts after two years of Examination will be sold under auction in
the CV Camps and hence no requests for Photocopy of answerscripts /
complaints regarding the same will be entertained thereafter. Such applications
will be rejected then and there.
APPLICATION FOR GRACE MARKS
? Plus Two Candidates who have become eligible for grace marks in Youth
Festival, Sastra Congress, NCC, NSS, Sports etc should submit their
application through concerned authorities before 07-03-2010.
? Application for grace marks in Sports should be submitted through DPI, and the
applications for gracemarks in NCC should be submitted through NCC
Directorate.
? Application for grace marks in Youth Festival, Sastra Congress should be
forwarded through the concerned School Principals to the Secretary, Board of
Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala.
? Application for grace marks in NSS should be submitted through NSS Coordinator.
? Gracemarks will be awarded only during the course of study in the Higher
Secondary class for details see Appendix - 16
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CONCESSIONS TO DIFFERENTLY - ABLED AND MENTALLY CHALLENGED
CANDIDATES
? Applications for eligible concessions to disabled candidates under various
categories should be submitted with necessary enclosures as stipulated in the
Higher Secondary Examination Notification to the concerned Regional
Deputy Director, Higher Secondary Education before 05/02/2010.
For details see Appendix – 18.
CANCELLATION OF EXAMINATION REGISTRATION
? A candidate who has registered for First Year / Second Year Higher
Secondary Examination can cancel his / her Examination registration provided
he / she submits the duly filled in application in the prescribed format
provided in Appendix -37, with supporting documents on or before 31-03-
2010. The application should be recommended and forwarded by the
concerned School Principal.
EXAMINATIONS ON SATURDAYS
? As per the Higher Secondary Examination time table stipulated, arrangements
will be made in the concerned Examination centres for those students who
were granted permission to write SSLC Examination on Saturday evenings.
? Such candidates should report the concerned Examination centre at 10.am on
Saturdays and strictly comply with the instructions given during the time.
Detailed instructions will be intimated later.
? Prior sanction should be obtained from the Director, Higher Secondary
Education, for writing the Higher Secondary Examination on Saturday after 6
pm.

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