The UP board examination to begin from 18 February 2020. The students of UP Board 10th (High School) and UP Board (Intermediate) have stepped up their preparation. Students are engaged in preparing strategies to complete syllabus, clear concepts and revision. The High school exams will run for 12 days and intermediate exams for 15 days. Copies will be evaluated in just ten days from 15 to 25 March. This time a 'B' copy will also be numbered to prevent copying. The color of the line will vary on all answer sheets. In the board exams held this year, arrangements have been made to put numbers on all copies.

The number of students appearing in the 2020 examination from the UP Board, the world's largest examination institution, is more than its population of 81 countries of the world. Since February 18, 56,01,034 candidates have been registered for the proposed high school and intermediate exams this year. The generality of the examination can be gauged from the fact that the number of board examinees is more than the population of 81 (42 percent countries) out of 194 countries in the world. According to the estimate of population of various countries around the world in 2017, according to the United Nations, there are 81 countries with 56 lakh or less people. This year, there has been a shortfall of about two lakh students in the number of board candidates. The interesting thing is that there are 31 countries whose total population is not six lakhs. 5795756 students were registered for the 2019 examination while in 2020 the number is 56,01,034.