66 Lakh In 2017, 56 Lakh in 2018: 10 Lakh Lesser Candidates Appeared In UP Board this year. Yes, you heard it right. Although, it is an approximate figure, yet precisely in session 2018-19, 31.5 lakh candidates and 24.9 lakh candidates filled Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board (UPSEB) Application Form. Last year, there was 29 lakh registered candidates for Class 12th and 36.5 lakh registered candidates for Class 10th.

Most crucial chunk in this whole headline capturing report is the statement by Shri RP Mishra, State Secretary, UP Secondary Education Teachers’ Association affirming that “Online Registration has checked fake candidates. It also seems that the number of students from other states who write the exams the help of cheating mafia has come down this year.”

The most interesting part was to acknowledge that, Physically the number of candidates is the same/ or increased. But, until 2017, Applications for UP Board Class 10th and Class 12th both used to be filled manually and offline. Taking advantage of this, one candidate used to apply from a number of different colleges. But this year (in 2018 and beyond) UP Board X and XII class registrations are done online. Following which, the software has automatically curtailed the applications that were duplicate in nature by details.

This year, from 6th February to 22nd February 2018, UP Board 10th class examinations were held. Beginning from the last, in the end was Sanskrit exam, prior to that – Computer, Science, Music – Vocal, Language test (any out of Gujarati/ Urdu/ Nepali/ Malayalam/ Tamil/ Telugu/ Sindhi/ Kashmiri/ Kannada/ Oriya/ Assamese/ Marathi/ Bengali/ Punjabi etc.), Social Science, Commerce, Drawing, Sewing, Ranjan Arts, Mathematics/ Preliminary Mathematics, Physiology, Urdu, Music – Instrumental, English, Agriculture, Hindi/ Preliminary Hindi and Home Science – only for girl students who have opted as a compulsory subject.

Showing positive side of this reported figure of 10 lakh lesser candidates appearing, UPSEB Additional Secretary (Administration) Shiv Lal has confirmed that “The crackdown on the copying mafia resulted in a large number of students dropping out this year. Aadhar being mandatory for registration has removed fake and multiple registrations.” For latest news of Uttar Pradesh Board Class 10th and 12th and for updates such as 66 Lakh In 2017, 56 Lakh in 2018: 10 Lakh Lesser Candidates Appeared In UP Board, visit ALLINDIAROUNDUP on regular basis.