The SSLC examinations for the 2023-24 academic year got under way in the State on Monday.
Over 4.27 lakh students are appearing for the examinations in the regular category in 2,971 examination centres - 2,955 in the State, nine in Lakshadweep, and seven in the Gulf region.
On Monday, the students sat for the First Language Part 1 examination from 9.30 a.m. to 11.15 a.m. Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Arabic, Urdu, Gujarati, and Sanskrit were the papers scheduled for the day. While some students were confident about doing well, others were suffering from nerves as they began the first of the examinations that would go on for three more weeks.