Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee Examinations-2017 have begun across the country as 30,96,075 students appear it.
The examination started at over 7,200 centres across the country and 12 centres abroad at 11am on Sunday.
As many as 28, 04, 509 examinees sit for PSC examinations while 2,91,566 students appear in Ebtedayee examinations this year.
Of the total PSC examinees, 12,99,985 are male and 15,04,524 female while among the Ebtedayee examinees 1,53,152 are male and 1,38,414 female.
The total number of this year’s examinees are 1,34,213 less than the previous year as 32,30,288 students appeared in the examinations last year.
A total of 3,332 differently-abled students appear in the examinations this year while they will get additional 20 minutes for completing their exams.
The examinations are scheduled to end on November 29.