Bengaluru : Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB), which holds SSLC and II PU exams, is likely to oppose the change of exam dates as requested by the Census department.
On Oct 22, the Census department had sent a letter to the department of school education and literacy to reschedule the commencement of the II PUC examinations to March 6, 2027, so as to ensure the availability of teachers for the population enumeration in Karnataka. As per the tentative timetable released by KSEAB, the exam is to start on Feb 27. The census department said the PE exercise requires deployment of more than 1.5 lakh enumerators and supervisors across Karnataka.
The availability of the required field functionaries throughout the enumeration period, including the revisional round, is essential to ensure complete coverage, accuracy and reliability of the data collected, as well as the timely completion of the census operations,” the letter said. The dates that have been published in the tentative timetable are those that are normally followed by the board every year,” said an official. A senior official from department of school education and literacy, said: “Students’ well-being and stress-free life are non-negotiables and it is our department’s responsibility.
“A significant proportion of this manpower is expected to be deployed from the education department. It has called PE an important national exercise, which provides comprehensive demographic, social and economic data on the population of the country, important for policy decisions and planning. KSEAB has now sent a file to state govt with its opinion. As per sources, KSEAB is against a change in dates. “If II PU exam dates change, it will affect SSLC exams, evaluation process for both the exams and the rest of the academic calendar like CET. Hence, public examinations as per yearly schedule are the highest priority. As any change in its dates will have a cascading effect on students and their future, there will be no change in any examination dates.”