<span style="color: #222222;">In Gujarat, more than 17.53 lakh students are appearing for Class-10th and Class 12th Gujarat State Examination Board examinations starting from today. According to official sources, about 10.83 lakh students are appearing for class 10 examinations, while 1.43 lakh from class 12 science stream and 5.27 lakh from class 12 general stream are also appearing for the state board examination. Board examinations are being conducted across 137 zones at 1587 examination centers in 5,557 buildings and 60,027 classrooms. While 59,733 classrooms have equipped with CCTV camera vigil, the other 294 classrooms have tablets with video cameras.<br />''<br />''AIR Ahmedabad correspondent reports that tight security arrangements with the deployment of State Reserve Police -SRP and Central Reserve Police Force CRPF at some sensitive and very sensation examination centers. 175 students are also appearing for these examinations from the prisons, while Braille question papers have been made available for blind students of class 10th. AIR correspondent adds that steps for all precautionary measures have also been taken in view for the Corona Virus threat.</span><br />