STUDENTS IN A QUANDARY AS JKBOSE MUM ON CLASS 10TH, 12TH PRIVATE EXAMS
Officials say announcement likely to be made next week
Srinagar, August 26 : More than one lakh Class 10 and 12 students in Jammu and Kashmir are staring at a loss of an academic year as the J&K Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has failed to conduct this year’s private board examinations due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
While the board has decided to mass promote Class 11 students as a one-time exemption in view of the pandemic, there has surprisingly been no word from the authorities on the Class 10 and 12 private examinations.
The private examinations, which the JKBOSE conducts around March every year, are extremely crucial for the students of the twin classes as they manage to get only a provisional admission to the next level and have to produce the marks certificates to confirm the admission.
But this year, more than one lakh students who had registered themselves for the twin private examinations are yet to hear any announcement from the board on when the exams would be held.
Kashmir Reader learnt from official sources at JKBOSE that around 70,000 students had applied for this year’s Class 10 private examination and some 39,000 students for Class 12 private examination.