Mumbai: Scholarship examination was held throughout the country, except Mumbai where he was canceled at the last minute, seeing 95% of the presence of class V and VIII students, on Thursday.
This is the first offline school-based examination held in the middle of a pandemic.
In Mumbai, a decision about 24,472 students who have registered for an optional scholarship examination will be taken by the State Examination Board of Maharashtra (MSEC).
Chairman of the MSEC Tamaram Supe said that 95% of six Lakh students took the test.
Supe said special arrangements were made for three positive Covid students who wrote their two papers.
The exam was canceled in Mumbai by BMC on Wednesday, but students in Palghar, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Raigad took the test.