Overview
- First-year papers started on February 25 with sessions from 9 am to 12 noon, and second-year exams open on February 27, running through March 18.
- About 9.82 lakh students are registered across 1,495 centres, with QR-coded hall tickets mandatory, mobile phones banned, and cloak rooms introduced.
- Security steps include question papers stored at police stations, CCTV at all centres, Section 144/BNSS 163 restrictions near venues, and command-control monitoring.
- The board deployed 28,500 invigilators with 75 flying and 200 sitting squads, while TSRTC added services and allowed flexible alighting on hall tickets, with a five-minute entry grace.
- On day one, 4,98,695 students sat for the second-language Paper I and 15,903 were absent, with exams largely peaceful though some late arrivals were denied entry and paper pickup times were advanced.