Bihar board website down before class 10 result announcement

The official website of the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has crashed minutes before the result is expected to be announced on Monday. The results, however, have not been declared at the scheduled time, 3:30 pm. 

Candidates who appeared to check the result online at Bihar board’s official website ‘biharboardonline.bihar.gov.in’ via mobiles and laptops but due to this technical glitch, students seem to struggle when the result are declared.

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The BSEB class 10 exams, held from February 17 to 24, were conducted in more than 1500 exam centres across the state. The re-test for the social science paper that was canceled earlier was conducted on March 8.

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The exam scripts were checked by March 24 and the results were ready to be published before the Hindu festival Holi but due to verification of toppers and other processes, it got delayed until April 5. 

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Bihar is the first state to conduct board exams this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the results also are way ahead of other state boards.