The Board secretary added that 520 forms were submitted Wednesday for the Madhyamik exams and 496 forms for Higher Secondary exams.

“It’s true that a large section of students couldn’t fill up their forms… They were issued forms. Most of these problems were created over online payment-related issues. This magnitude of problem would not have occurred, had those who filled up the forms checked the TBSE dashboard to see if the procedure was completed after clearing the payment. It seems they had refreshed the page immediately after clearing the payment and so, the data didn’t reflect. Few of these cases are always there but so many issues would not have occurred,” Dey said.

He added that TBSE was only considering the forms of those who could not fill their forms online or faced technical problems related to final submission or payment.

“We shall close down the form submission process by February 15 and issue the rest of the admit cards next week,” Dey said.

Meanwhile, TBSE executives started a series of meetings with centre secretaries and venue supervisors in four shifts starting Thursday. The meetings, which involve detailed discussions about technical issues to ensure a smooth conduction of the exams, would end on Friday.

“We are fully prepared for the exams. We appeal to different schools, venue centres, guardians, and all stakeholders involved with the examination process to cooperate,” Dey further said.

So far, 29,126 admit cards have been issued for Madhyamik candidates in the first phase, and 521 new admit cards will be issued, rounding up the prospective candidate list for Madhyamik examinations to 30,126 this year.

For the Higher Secondary level, 20,960 admit cards were issued, to which 498 would be added, rounding up the cumulative candidate figure to 21,458.

The Madhyamik examinations will be conducted in 1,011 schools in eight districts of the state while Higher Secondary exams will be conducted in 371 schools.

The Class 12 examinations would begin with the English paper, followed by Bangla, Hindi, Kokborok, and Mizo on February 27, Chemistry and Political Science on March 1, Business Studies, Education and Physics on March 3, and Accountancy, Biology, and History on March 5.

The Mathematics and Philosophy papers will be conducted on March 7, Economics on March 10, Psychology on March 12, Geography on March 14, Sanskrit, Arabic, and Statistics on March 17, Sociology on March 19, Computer Science and Music on March 21, and vocational subjects on March 22.

On the other hand, the Class 10 Board examinations will commence with English, followed by Bengali, Kokborok, Hindi, and Mizo subjects on February 28. Examination for the Social Science paper will be held on March 4, Science on March 8, Mathematics (one basic, another standard) on March 13, and vocational subject examinations on March 18.

Madrasa Fazil Arts and Theology exams will begin from February 24 and will continue till March 17 while Madrasa Alim will begin on February 25 and continue till March 18.

The candidates of Madrasa Alim will appear for English on the first day followed by Language I (Arabic and Bengali) on February 28, Social Science on March 4, Science on March 8, Mathematics on March 13, and Theology on March 18.

The Madrasa theology exam is scheduled to begin with English on February 24 followed by Bengali on February 27, Islamic Studies on March 1, Islamic History on March 3, Theology on March 5, and Arabic on March 17. In the case of Madrasa Fazil Arts, the examinations will begin with English on February 24 followed by Bengali on February 27, Political Science on March 1, Education on March 3, History on March 5, Philosophy on March 7, Economics on March 10 and Arabic on March 17.