144,968 students taking part in annual matriculation exams in Balochistan: Ijaz.

QUETTA -- Chairman Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BBISE) Quetta Ijaz Azeem Baloch on Friday said that the annual matriculation exams started today in which 144,968 male and female students were taking part in the exams.

Talking to reporter, he said that at least 414 examination centres had been established across the province, despite 1,245 supervisory staff being appointed in order to maintain the annual examination in a better way.

He said that there would be a ban on bringing mobile phones into the examination centres adding that strict action would be taken against the violating candidate.

He said that special directives had been issued to the examination staff to take severe action against those students involved in copying during the exams, saying that special measures were being taken to end the curse of cheating from the students' minds for the interest of their future.

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