Bhubaneswar, March 6 -- The Odisha School and Mass Education department has put special arrangements in place to check malpractice during Matric examinations.

According to School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash, special squads have been formed and they will pay surprise visits to the schools during the examination.

"Our department has sought the help of the district administrations for the smooth conduct of the examination. People have specially been appointed to take question papers from the examination hubs to the exam centres. I believe the examination will end peacefully," said Dash.

"My advice to the students is that this is not the last examination of their lives. Rather, it is the first one of their lives. So they ...