Overview
- The examinations opened on March 11 and will continue through April 6 across centres in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
- Students said the first Tamil paper was generally easy, though a few reported tricky one-word questions.
- Over nine lakh candidates are registered, including 8,82,806 school students and 26,196 private candidates at 4,219 centres, with 49,542 invigilators on duty.
- Officials recorded 11,898 absentees for the first paper, including 10,877 school students and 1,021 private candidates.
- Support and enforcement measures include scribes for 12,292 differently-abled candidates, registration of 395 prison inmates, flying-squad inspections, a mobile phone ban, emergency medical arrangements, and a public helpline at 9498383075 and 9498383076 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.