Chennai: Amidst strict supervision, the Higher Secondary Board Examination began on Thursday with a total of 5, 52, 831 students from the state appearing for it.
Students, who wrote the Languages Paper I, were delighted that it was very simple. Most students, however, expressed concern about core papers like mathematics biology, physics and chemistry, especially with the State Government’s decision to scrap the Common Entrance Test (CET) this year.
Manasa, a Plus Two student of Sri Sankara Vidyashramam Matriculation Higher Secondary School, said the Tamil paper was very easy. “I have done very well but we are more concerned about the science subjects”, she said.
Bhargavi from Prince Matriculation Higher Secondary School felt that most of her friends had completed the French paper very fast. “We faced no problem while writing the Tamil paper”, she said.
Similarly, Goutam Krishnan, a student of DAV Higher Secondary School, said they had to be well prepared for all the core subjects as they would be the determining factor to their entry into professional courses.