Paper marking for the GCE Ordinary Level examination is scheduled to commence on Monday.

The Department of Examinations said that paper marking would be conducted in two stages starting from Monday until Jan. 7 in 79 schools across the country.

The second stage is due to commence on Jan. 16 and is due to be conducted in 19 schools until Jan. 24.

Around 40,000 teachers are expected to participate in the paper marking.

The evaluation would be conducted in 1,842 evaluation boards and 122 centres islandwide.

The Department of Examinations said around 11 million answer scripts will be evaluated.

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