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PUNE: The repeaters exams for secondary school certificate (SSC - std X) and higher secondary certificate (HSC - std XII) conducted by the Maharashtra state board of secondary and higher secondary education will commence from September 18 across the state.

The repeaters exam will be conducted as per the old as well as new curricula through divisional boards at Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Mumbai, Kolhapur, Amravati, Nashik and Latur. The exam dates have been fixed keeping in mind the Commonwealth Youth Games and Diwali breaks. This will be the last chance for students to appear for the exam as per the old curriculum of SSC and HSC.

A statement released by board secretary Vinay Dakshindas here on Monday said that 81,643 students are expected to appear for the SSC exam as per the new curriculum and class improvement scheme. Another 80,176 students following the old curriculum are also expected to appear for the exam. As many as 54,032 students following the new curriculum and 64,898 students following the old curriculum are expected to appear for the HSC exam.

The statement said that for HSC students following the old curriculum, multiple question paper system will be followed for the English subject. All language papers for students following the new curriculum will consist of two segments — a written exam for 80 marks and an oral exam for 20 marks. Exam for environment education is compulsory and will be conducted at the junior college level during the practical exams. On-line exam will continue for information technology subject for which 30 students will appear as per old curriculum and 468 as per new curriculum.

For the SSC exam, students appearing under the old curriculum will have 100 marks papers for science and social science subjects but their marks will be converted into out of 150 because the SSC exam as per old curriculum used to be out of 750 marks. There will be multiple question paper system for English (second and third language) and maths (part I and II).

Students following the new curriculum will have internal assessment of 30 marks in mathematics and the written exam will be of 120 marks. Internal assessment for social science subject will be of 20 marks and written paper will be of 80 marks.

Detailed time tables have been sent to colleges and are also available on the board's website: www.msbshse.ac.in
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