Lucknow, Feb. 18 -- As many as 53,931 and 49,487 candidates from this district will be taking the UP Board high school and intermediate exams beginning February 24, said district inspector of schools (DIoS) Rakesh Kumar Pandey.

"The exams will be held in 127 centres in Lucknow district. Among them, 11 are set up in government, 62 in government-aided and 49 in unaided schools, apart from one in a model jail. Five zonal magistrates, 14 sector magistrates and 126 static magistrates will be involved in the examination process. Also, 127 centre superintendents and external superintendents each, as well as 4,282 and 2,422 invigilators from secondary and basic education, will be deployed on examination duty," Pandey said during a meeting with c...