Kolkata: The second part of the higher secondary exams (fourth semester) are likely to be postponed until after Dol Yatra (March 22), sources in the Bengal HS council said. The school-leaving exams were originally scheduled to start in Feb.
The dates of the two exams will be announced once the school education department approves the revised schedules.
Teachers at state-run schools said a similar situation arose during this year’s Madhyamik as many school employees were deployed for SIR work. Board officials made special arrangements by assigning invigilators from neighbouring schools to the ones facing a staff shortage.
The dates of the two exams are being revised following a request from Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India to avoid scheduling any major test before March 1.
If the govt approves the secondary education board’s proposal, Madhyamik will start on March 2 and continue till March 16. The original schedule was from Feb 2 to 12. The state secondary education board has already proposed a deferment of Madhyamik exams as a large number of schoolteachers will be involved in the second phase of Census, which will be held in Jan and Feb.
School education minister Dipak Barman on Tuesday hinted that Madhyamik and HS dates would be pushed back.