Prayagraj: Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, commonly known as UP Board, has initiated a major change in the pattern of roll numbers being allotted to the students appearing in this year’s High School and Intermediate examinations. From now onward, the roll numbers will also indicate the year of the examination. Under thee new pattern, the roll number allotted to the students is of nine digits in place of earlier seven digits. Of this, the first two numbers would reveal the year of examination in which a student is appearing in the Board exam, while the remaining seven digits would be the roll number like previous years.