Hundreds of students were back on campus for their first board exam and so were the throngs of anxious parents outside school gates as the ICSE (Class X) semester 1 exam began Monday. Scenes familiar to Kolkata, of parents escorting their children to an exam and waiting outside till they settle into exam halls made a comeback. Several principals said the number of parents outside school gates was definitely more than what they had seen during ISC (Class XII) papers. In some schools, parents had to leave and were not allowed to crowd at the gate. Glitch stalls evaluationThe ICSE council asked schools to close their ICSE centres for evaluation around 8pm on Monday, following a technical glitch.

Source: The Telegraph November 30, 2021 15:11 UTC