Chennai, March 24: Day one of the tenth standard examinations for students under the SSLC, Matriculation, Anglo-Indian and Oriental boards got off to a smooth start, barring a few glitches.
Four students of the Ebenezer Matriculation School appeared at the exam hall without their hall tickets.
They were not allowed to write the exam. A senior official at the Education Department said, these students had been missing from their school since December 2009.
Chief Educational Officer Naresh, said an enquiry had been ordered into the issue and added that the students would be allowed to appear for the supplementary examinations in June.
Meanwhile, a student, Joylene, of the Adi Dravidar Welfare School in Meenambakkam, displayed a remarkable sense of commitment and appeared for the public examination, in spite of the death of her mother on Monday night.
Reports of cheating marred the first day of the exams with 18 students — three each in Chennai East and Cheyyar and 12 in Virudhachalam caught copying.
–Agencies–