Class 10 exams: RTC offers free travel

Hyderabad: The Education department has made all arrangements for conduct of the tenth class examinations, commencing from March 16 (Saturday).

The examinations will start at 9.30 am.

The officials have made it clear that students would be allowed only a grace period of five minutes, and they would not be allowed to enter the examination hall after 9.35 am under any circumstances.

As many as 5.52 lakh students are scheduled to take the examinations at 2,563 centres across the State.

Students can travel free in any RTC bus, by showing the examination hall ticket to their centres.

The examinations will go on till April 3.

In view of the MLC elections on March 22, the English-two paper scheduled for that day has been postponed to April 3.

Officials said that in view of the hot summer conditions prevailing in the State, arrangements have been made to post one ANM and one Asha employee at each of the examination centre; and medicines and ORS packets were also arranged.

The hall tickets of the students were posted in website www.bse.telangana.gov.in and students who have not received their hall tickets can download the same from the website.