The State board helpline launched to assist students in time of stress ahead of the Board exams have been inundated with calls from worried students and parents curious about the just-introduced aptitude test. "Will the board consider the marks of the aptitude test for the overall score?"; "I have answered randomly since I did not know what to study. Will I fail my board exams because of it?" are some of the questions that have become commonplace, displaying the ambiguous atmosphere in which the state government's maiden project to help SSC students take a decision on their careers was launched and executed.

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