Bhubaneswar, Feb. 9 -- The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, on Monday held a press conference to brief the media on preparations for the upcoming Matriculation examination.

The press meet was addressed by BSE Chairperson Shrikanta Tarai, who shared key details related to examination logistics, security arrangements, and monitoring mechanisms.

According to the Board, the Matric examination will commence from February 19, while question papers will start being dispatched from Tuesday.

This year, the examination will be conducted across 3,082 centres in the state. For the safe storage of question papers, 322 nodal centres have been set up.

The Chairperson informed that a total of 5,61,979 students have filled up forms for the ...