Thiruvananthapuram:  The Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) and Higher Secondary (HSC) exams for the year 2021 began in Kerala on Thursday adhering to strict Covid-19 health protocols.

 The SSLC exams will be held till April 29 while the plus two exams are scheduled to be conducted from April 8 to 26. Nearly nine lakh students are appearing for the exams across over 4,951 centres out of which4,46,471 students will attend the plus two exam and 4,22,226regular students and 990 private candidates will appear for the SSLC examinations.

 The VHSE examinations will begin on Friday. On March 11 this year, the Election Commission of India permitted the Kerala government to postpone the 10th and 12th standard school examinations to April 8, in view of the state assembly polls which were held on April 6. The state had sought postponement of the SSLC and HSC examinations, which were to commence from March 17, as teachers had been put on poll duty and classrooms were to be used for polling purposes.  The authorities have made strict arrangements for implementing the Covid-19 health protocol.

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