Cuttack: The Summative Assessment (SA)-1 examination of Class-X students conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha commences today.
This year over 5.25 lakh candidates are appearing in the SA-1 exam at 3209 centres. There are 316 nodal centres designated for the examination.
The question papers are sent from the nodal center to the various examination centers. Security has been tightened in the examination centers.
This is the first edition of the High School Certificate Exam and Madhyama Exam or SA-1 (Summative Assessment-1).
The second edition of the High School Certificate Exam and Madhyama Exam will be known as Summative Assessment-2 or SA-2.
Both SA-1 and SA-2 carry equal weightage i.e 40 per cent weightage. Final results will be published on the basis of 40 per cent weightage each for SA-1 and SA-2 and 20 per cent weightage for internal assessment.
