40% students drop out of UP madrasa exams on 1st day

Lucknow: Nearly 41,889 students, or 40 per cent, have dropped out of the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board exams which began.
Only 68,755 students turned up to take the exam on Wednesday, as 32,427 out of 1,01,182 students who enrolled for the exam, dropped out.
In the second meeting, another 9,462 students dropped out of the exam.
Chairman of the Board Iftikhar Ahmed Javedd said that only 59,293 students were taking the exams at 539 centres spread in 73 districts of state.
Also Read Hyderabad: Madrasa students get free health checkups; health cards “This time madrasa exams are conducted in a strict atmosphere where more than 8,000 teachers are ensuring copying-free examinations. In all the rooms of the examination centres, monitoring is being ensured through CCTV cameras. We are monitoring the activities of every centre through a centralised control room set up in Lucknow,” he said.
He further said that this year, the board has provided the best facilities for students including table and chair to write examinations.