Ahead of the Class 10 examinations, the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) on Sunday, 18 February, directed students to appear for their exams while wearing slippers or flip-flops and not shoes along with socks.
"There is nothing new in this order to students appearing in Class 10 exams from 21 February. It is a usual practice in other examinations held in the state. The board decided to adopt the practice from this year," BSEB Chairman Anand Kishore, who issued the instructions.
Nearly 17.70 lakh students will sit for the Class 10 exams at 1,426 centres across the state from 21 to 28 February.
Nearly 1,000 students were penalised for cheating during the Class 12 exams that concluded on 10 February.
According to BSEB officials, the annual examinations this year were fair and mass cheating is a thing of the past in Bihar.
Last year, the Class 12 Arts stream topper was a 42-year-old man, who was later arrested for on the charge of faking his age to take the exams.