PRAYAGRAJ, March 12 -- The High School and Intermediate examinations-2026 of the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board), which began on February 18, will conclude on Thursday.

Following the completion of the exams, the evaluation of answer sheets will begin on March 18 at 250 centres across the state, officials informed. The board is preparing to declare the results in the last week of April. This year, 2,761,696 students were registered for the High School examination, while 2,576,082 candidates were registered for the Intermediate examination.

Despite having nearly one lakh fewer candidates than last year, the UP Board has deployed more than 1.53 lakh teachers for the evaluation process to ensure that answer sheets are ch...