Students rue delay in Exam Date announcement for JKBOSE 10th, 12th classes

Students rue delay in exam date announcement for JKBOSE 10th, 12th classes

Classes : 10th, 12th

The indecisiveness of JK Board of School Education and School Education Department to come out with the dates for the annual exams of class 10th and 12th has increased the level of anxiety and worry among the student community of Kashmir.

Earlier, the JKBOSE had proposed to conduct the annual examination for class 10 and 12 from the second week of Octo­ber. However, the students had opposed the proposal and sought the deferment of exams till the month of November

Also, Director School Education Kashmir (DSEK) G N Itoo shot a letter to secretary JKBOSE asking him to reschedule the class 10th and 12th exams from the first week of November

“Due to law and order problems in the valley, the syllabus is yet to be covered fully as per the requirement and most of the students have started feeling pan­icky. In the larger interest of students the examination for class 10th and 12th may be conducted from first and second week of November,” Itoo stated in his letter.

In the wake of this, the BOSE author­ities decided to defer the exams to the third week of November in order to pro­vide some relief to the students.

“Student community is suffering a lot because of the delay by government in issuing date sheet for examinations. Given the delay by BOSE, rumours are being spread regarding the commence­ment .u r at jk up date s.of exams which has confused the students. BOSE should clear the air by notifying final dates for the exams,” said Amir Rafi, a class 12th student.

This year, high and higher second­ary schools remained closed for 32 days during the two months from March 05 to May 05 in the wake of the student protests that erupted across the valley. The frequent closure of schools delayed the completion of syllabus of students.

Also, the advisor to the Governor, Khur­shid Ahmad Ganai, recently stated that the

feasible time for holding class 10th and 12th exams was during .u r at jk up date s.the months of October and November. Following this, JKBOSE proposed dates for the examination of both the classes and submitted the proposal to the government for its approval

“But the dates are yet to be approved which has delayed the publication of final date sheet for examination of both the classes,’ an official in BOSE said.

According to an official, the date sheet for all the exams was finalised by BOSE authorities in past years but this year the datasheet has to be approved by the state administration in view of upcoming Panchayat and ULB elections.

“A meeting was to be convened by Advisor Khurshid Ahmad Ganai on Monday with BOSE .u r at jk up date s.authorities to approve the dates but the meeting didn’t happen due to some reasons,” the official said. Secretary JKBOSE, Rayees Ahmad said the dates for class 10th and 12th annual exams will be finalized within two days.