SUKKUR, April 9: Annual examinations for the Secondary School Certificate Part-I and II would commence on April 15 at 176 examination centres set up by the Sukkur Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education.A total of 78,408 students would participate in the examinations in Sukkur.

The Sukkur BISE chairman Dr. Mehboob Ali Shaikh said that he had requested the DCOs and the DPOs of Sukkur Region to impose section 144 to ban the use of photostat machines during examination hours, appoint magistrates and provide security to examination centres.

He also requested the parents to extend cooperation to the schools management to help them conduct examinations in a fair and transparent manner.