CBSE board exams have begun today at 4453 centres nationwide. Exams are also being held at 78 centres outside India. While 16,38,428 candidates have registered for class 10 examination, 11,86,306 candidates have registered for class 12 examination. This year a total of 4,510 and 2,846 differently-abled candidates have registered for class 10 and 12 examinations respectively. After seven years class 10 board exams will be conducted by the Board after it decided to scrap Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation (CCE). Class 12 students are appearing for English paper, today.