The HSC exam will be held at 10,388 centres. This year, the highest registration is for the Science stream, followed by Arts and Commerce. The remaining appear from vocational or ITI courses. Pic/Ashish Raje

Checking bags before entering the HSC exam center in Ruia collage, Matunga Pic/Ashish Raje

This year onwards, the students appearing for board exams will be getting 10 mins extra time to write their papers. As per the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education circular, the question paper will not be distributed 10 minutes before the commencement of the exam as last year there were instances of cheating and paper leaks on social media Pic/Sameer Abedi

The exam sessions scheduled in the morning will be held from 11 am to 2.10 pm instead of 11 am to 2 pm. Similarly, the evening exam will be held between 3 pm and 6.10 pm instead of 3 pm and 6 pm Pic/Shadab Khan

Students will have to report to the examination hall 30 minutes before the scheduled time. Recently, the state government decided to take steps to implement the “copy-free exams" campaign wherein the photocopy shops in 50-meter radius of the examination centers will be shut ahead of board exam Pic/Shadab Khan

HSC students appear for the first paper on Tuesday at the examination centre at Anjuman Islam Girls School and Jr College, Mumbai Central Pic/Shadab Khan