The Grade 12 exam for this year kicked off today. More than 56,000 non-grade (NG) students have been appearing the exam for upgrading.

The exam begun today will continue till May 19. There are 1,453 exam centres across the country. The exam that kicked off at 8:00 am runs for four hours, according to the National Exam Board.

Exam Controller at Board, Krishna Prasad Sharma, shared information on it. The students who had secured non-grade (NG) in at least three subjects last year are sitting in the exam this year.