MPBSE Introduces New Board Exam Rules: Barcode on Exam Answer Sheet, No Supplementary Copy

MP Board Exam 2024: Madhya Pradesh Board’s 10th and 12th examinations 2024 will start in a few days. According to the schedule released by the Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education, the board examinations of both classes will be held between February 5 and March 5. MP Board has made new rules to make the examination more transparent. Check them out here:

Barcodes in answer sheets: The MP board has made important changes in the method and process of examination which includes adding barcodes in answer sheets. As an experiment, MP Board has put a special barcode on some copies of the board exam. According to reports, the identity of the candidates will be hidden by putting barcodes on the answer sheets of Mathematics, Science and Social Science in class 10th and Hindi subject in class 12th.

No supplementary copies: Further, this time MP Board has decided not to give supplementary copies to the candidates. The answer sheet in the examination of main subjects will be 32 pages.

20 pages of copy in vocational, Sanskrit subjects: According to the new rule, a copy of 20 pages will be given by the board for vocational and Sanskrit subjects. Whereas in the practical exam, 10th class students will get eight pages, and 12th class students will get 12 pages. Apart from this, a graph copy of 32 pages will be provided in the Mathematics subject. There is no provision for supplementary copy in this also.

The exams for Class 10 are scheduled to take place between February 5 and February 28 while Class 12 exams will be held from February 6 to March 5. According to the official notification, the MP board exams for classes 10 and 12 will be held in pen-and-paper mode.

MPBSE has released the admit cards for the upcoming Class 10 and 12 board exams in 2024. Students, as well as school authorities, can access and download the hall tickets through the official website at mpbse.nic.in. To access the admit card, candidates/school authorities need to key in their login credentials such as the username and password followed by a captcha code on the portal.