Earlier, the exams were to be held between Sept 14 and 25,
even as the Ganesh Chaturthi starts from Sept 17
After receiving flak from teachers’
organisations and school managements over two contradictory orders on
scheduling of exams and holidays during festivals, the state education
department Thursday extended the deadline for scholarship exams till September
30. Earlier, the department had issued a circular, directing schools to conduct
the exams between September 14 and September 25.
A Government Resolution (GR) had
asked schools not to conduct exams during festival periods. However, a second
circular had asked schools to conduct the scholarship exams between
September 14 and September 25, even as the Ganesh Chaturthi starts from
September 17. Schools and teachers had sought a clarification on the
contradictory orders. Education commissioner Purushottam Bhapkar Thursday
issued the fresh circular extending the deadline for conducting scholarship
exams.
A senior official from the school
education department said, “We have now extended the date. So, it is up to
schools to decide to conduct the exams, any time between September 14 and
September 30. Those schools which will remain closed for Ganesh Chaturthi can
conduct the exams early.”
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