Of papers and prayers: Class 12 exams begin in Maharashtra

A student says a prayer before the first paper of the Higher Secondary Certificate board exams, on Tuesday. (Praful Gangurde/HT PHOTO)

Published on: Feb 28, 2017 6:09 PM IST

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A student says a prayer before the first paper of the Higher Secondary Certificate board exams, on Tuesday. (Praful Gangurde/HT PHOTO)

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Students check their names and seat numbers on Day 1 of the state board Class 12 exams, in Thane on Tuesday. (Praful Gangurde/HT PHOTO)

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More than 15 lakh students from across the state — the highest ever in the Maharashtra board’s history — including 3.39 lakh from the Mumbai division, will appear for the Higher Secondary Certificate exams. (Praful Gangurde/HTPHOTO)

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A student brushes through her lessons just before the exam begins, outside a centre at Vile Parle in Mumbai. (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

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Students do some last-minute studying and compare notes before the paper at a centre in Malad on Tuesday. (Pratham Gokhale/HT PHOTO)

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The first paper, English, began at 11am. Students are appearing for the exams in more than 500 centres in the Mumbai division, which includes Thane, Palghar and Raigad. (Pratham Gokhale/HT PHOTO)

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A student shows his hall ticket to enter a centre at Ghatkopar. Some centres in south Mumbai and the suburbs were unable to accommodate the large numbers of students, and were forced to move some of them to nearby schools. (Pratik Chorge/HT PHOTO)

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Inside a Thane centre, students get cracking as the exam papers are distributed. (Praful Gangurde/HTPHOTO)

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Students write the first paper on Tuesday. (Praful Gangurde/HTPHOTO)

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At a centre in Charkop, a student finishes up her paper. (Pratham Gokhale/HT PHOTO)

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Students give the thumbs up sign after the first paper, at a Thane centre on Tuesday. (Praful Gangurde/HT PHOTO)

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To help students reach exam centres on time, NGOs and volunteers arranged pickup and drop services. Volunteers were ready with cars and bikes to ferry students and even carried extra stationery items such as pencil boxes and pens. (Praful Gangurde/HT PHOTO)