India News
Home > India News
Class XII board exams in late July, Class X in August: Mamata
TIWN
TIWN
PHOTO : TIWN
Kolkata, May 27 (TIWN) In a major announcement, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that the state government has decided to conduct the Higher Secondary (Class XII) exams in the last week of July, while the Madhyamik (Class X) exams will be held in the second week of August, thus becoming one of the first states in the country to announce dates for board exams.
As per the announcement, tests will be held only for the compulsory subjects, while the schools will give marks for the additional subjects based on internal assessment.
"We understand the importance of these two examinations and so we are the first state to announce the schedule. Higher Secondary examination will be held ahead of Madhyamik in the last week of July. We decided to conduct the Higher Secondary exam first, as it is the gateway to higher studies and the students need to sit for the all-India level entrance tests," Banerjee said.
The Chief Minister also made it clear that this year the students will not have to go to any other school to write their papers; instead, there will be home centres and the school authorities, according to their strength, will arrange for sanitisation and sitting arrangement, maintaining all the Covid protocols.
Banerjee also said that the time tenure of both the exams will be 1.5 hours, instead of the usual 3 hours.
Detailing out the revised structure of the exams, the Chief Minister said, "There are 15 compulsory subjects and 37 additional subjects in the three streams. We have decided to take exams only of the compulsory subjects, which are likely to take 16 days. Marks for the additional subjects will be given by the respective schools based on internal assessment."
Add your Comment
Comments (0)
More India News
- We will implement UCC in entire country, it is 'Modi ki Guarantee': Amit Shah
- Court extends Manish Sisodia's judicial custody till May 8 in ED case
- SC dismisses pleas seeking mandatory EVM-VVPAT tally
- Trinamool’s corruption has taken away happiness of 26,000 families, says PM Modi
- J&K Police file case against attempt to disrespect place of worship