prayagraj the evaluation process of the answer sheets of high school and intermediate examination2023 of up board would start from march 18the high school and intermediate exams had started on february 16 and concluded on march 4the board known as one of the biggest examination conducting bodies of the world in terms of examinees has set up 258 evaluations centres across the state for this mega exercise for the task the board has completed all the formalities as the process would start with formal training of examiners from march 12according to board secretary divya kant shukla the board has appointed 143933 examiners for the task of evaluating around 319 crore answer sheets this year a total of 5885745 candidates including 3116487 class 10 students and 2769258 class 12 students had registered for the exams however 431571 students including 208953 of class 10 and 222618 of class 12 skipped the exams board officials said for errorfree evaluation of answer sheets indepth training will be given to examiners and deputy chief examiners at up boards five regional offices on the first day training will be provided at the meerut regional office after this training will be given to examiners and deputy chief examiners in bareilly on march 13 gorakhpur on march 14 prayagraj on march 15 and varanasi on march 16the training will be imparted through both audio and video mediums apart from this an instruction booklet will also be given to the examiners this type of training process is being adopted for the first time officials said the responsibility of imparting the intensive training has been entrusted to the additional secretaries of the regional offices of board he added we have taken special care that the entire process is transparent and completed within a record time while maintaining all the fairness as was ensured during the exams said shukla tnn