Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE) runs Madhyamik and Madrassa Alim examinations beginning on Saturday across the state with peaceful note.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha through a social media post wishes success to all candidates, who will appear in the Madhyamik examinations and also wishes for their bright future.

While, TBSE’s president Dr Dhananjoy Gon Choudhury on Saturday said that altogether 33,732 candidates appeared for Madhyamik examinations including 32,187 ‘regular’ candidates, 315 continue category, 1026 candidates are from ‘compartmental’, 174 are ‘external’ and 30 more candidates are from ‘external=compartmental’ and on the first day of exam, the candidates appeared for English subject from 145 examination centres including 69 venues. Similarly, candidates have also appeared for Madrassa Alim exams.

He said that the number of candidates for both Madhyamik and HS examinations has decreased as 120 Vidyajyoti schools are now under the CBSE.

These 33,732 candidates appeared for Madhyamik examinations from 1099 schools from all eight districts of the state, said Dr Gon Choudhury.

He added that in the examinations for 2023 last, a total of 43,730 candidates had appeared from Madhyamik and 38, 125 more candidates had also appeared from HS examinations.