Primary School Certificate and mardasa equivalent Ebtedayee final Examinations for fifth graders have begun throughout the country.
The English exams under Primary and Ebtedayee education began at 11am on Sunday.
Nearly 31 lakh examinees are expected to sit for the exams this year.
A total of 27,88,544 pupils will attend the Primary Terminal Examinations this year. Of them, 12,82,079 are boys and 15,06,465 are girls.
As many as 3,05,721 examinees will take part in the Ebtedayee examinations. Of the total examinees, 1,57,448 are boys and 1,48,273 are girls.
The examinations are being held at 6,791 centres, of which 11 are overseas. The examinations are scheduled to end on November 30.
Physically-challenged students will get extra 20 minutes in the examinations.
