UP Board exams begin: Candidates welcomed at exam centres with flower showers and tilak (vermilion mark).

Posted on 18th Feb 2026 by rohit kumar

The Uttar Pradesh Board of Secondary Education's 10th and 12th board exams begin today. Students began arriving at the examination centers as early as 7:15 am. The first shift, the high school exam, began at 8:30 am. The first question paper is in Hindi.

 

 

Prior to this, candidates were greeted with a shower of flowers upon arriving at the examination center at Kali Charan Inter College in Lucknow. After checking, they were granted entry. Candidates must carry their Aadhaar card along with their admit card. Any electronic gadgets or smartwatches are prohibited.

 

 

On this occasion, Minister of State for Secondary Education Gulab Devi extended her best wishes to the candidates. She met the candidates at the Government Girls Inter College Jiyamau examination center and, while welcoming them, urged them to take the exam without stress.

 

 

A district-level control room has been set up at Jubilee Inter College in Lucknow.

A district-level control room has been set up at Government Jubilee Inter College to monitor the examination centers. Candidates arriving to take the exam were welcomed. DIOS Rakesh Kumar stated that adequate computers and staff have been deployed. Any problems students face will be resolved immediately. It should be noted that 103,088 candidates are taking the exam in the capital, Lucknow. These include 51,907 high school students and 51,181 intermediate students. 121 centers, external centers, and static magistrates have been deployed to monitor the exam. Over 8,000 cameras and over 4,000 room inspectors have been deployed. The morning shift of the exam has begun.

 

 

146 exam centers have been set up in Sitapur, and students were admitted after being vaccinated.

 

146 exam centers have been set up in the Sitapur district for the UP Board exam. On the first day, the first shift will be the Hindi paper for high school. Approximately 51,000 students are participating. Six mobile teams have left for the exam centers. To ensure a fair, transparent, and orderly examination, the district has been divided into seven zones and 12 sectors. Students were vaccinated and admitted. Students were enthusiastic. However, security personnel were missing from many examination centers in the morning.

 

 

A total of 8,033 examination centers have been set up in Uttar Pradesh.

This year, a total of 5,337,778 candidates are registered, including 2,761,696 high school students and 2,576,082 intermediate students. To ensure a completely fair, transparent, and systematic examination, a total of 8,033 examination centers have been set up in the state, including 596 government schools, 3,453 aided-government schools, and 3,984 self-financed schools.

 

 

18 districts are sensitive, and monitoring is being done from a state-level control room. Minister of State for Secondary Education (Independent Charge) Gulab Devi inaugurated the state-level control room set up at the Director of Education (Secondary), Lucknow camp office on Tuesday, ahead of the examination. She stated that in accordance with the Chief Minister's wishes, this year's examination system has been made completely technology-based and transparent. Eighteen districts have been declared sensitive, while 222 examination centers have been categorized as highly sensitive and 683 as sensitive. The Special Task Force (STF) and local intelligence units will be active at these centers throughout the examination period, and twice-daily inspections of highly sensitive centers have been ensured.