Class 10th, 12th exams likely to commence in November

SRINAGAR — The annual regular exams of classes 10 and 12 will be held in the first and second week of November in Kashmir, a top official of the Board of School Education (BOSE) said on Saturday.

The official informed the news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the annual regular exams of the 12th standard will be held in the first week of November and the 10th standard in its second week.

BOSE officials said that it will issue the date sheet soon. “We are about to finish the examination preparation.”

Pertinently, the government in the second week of August had reduced the syllabi of secondary and higher secondary classes of Jammu and Kashmir by 30 per cent following the closure of schools in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

BOSE has said that the question papers will be set from the entire syllabus prescribed for the session. However, the students shall have to attempt questions having a weightage of 70 per cent marks instead of attempting all the questions.

“The marks obtained by students who attempt less than 70 per cent from the question paper shall be raised proportionately while the subjects having no practical course, the question paper shall be of 100 marks and the student has to attempt questions with a total of 70 marks,” BOSE said.

It further said, “The papers having three hours of duration shall be having only 2.30 hours of time, the subjects having 2.30 hours and 2.00 hours duration shall be having only 2.10 hours and 1.40 hrs time period for attempting the questions during the examination.”