Srinagar, Nov 09: More than 72,000 students across Kashmir division appeared for the 12th standard annual board examination which started from Tuesday.
Joint Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE) Aijaz Ahmad Hakak told Rising Kashmir that total 72,136 students were enrolled to appear in the English papers.
He said that the BOSE has designated 736 examination centers across the Valley, adding that the Board has asked the students not to approach the examination centers if they have COVID-19 related issue.
“The BOSE has not received any such report.”
He also said that the examination was conducted smoothly with almost full attendance and COVID- 19 standard operating procedures (SOP) were followed by the supervisory staff with the cooperation of the school management, where the examination centres were set up.
Pertinently, BOSE had announced syllabi relaxation of thirty percent for annual regular examinations of 10th to 12th standard in view of COVID-19 pandemic.
BOSE in the month of August has said that in view of prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, students appearing in the annual-regular examinations of 2020-21 of classes 10th, 11th, and 12th of Kashmir division, winter zone of Jammu division and Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh and annual-regular examination 2021-22 in summer zone areas of Jammu division shall have to attempt only 70 percent of marks from the question paper which shall be treated as 100 percent.
However, the question papers will be set from the entire syllabus prescribed for the session, but the students shall have to attempt questions having weightage of 70 percent marks instead of attempting all the questions.
BOSE said that the marks obtained by students who attempt less than 70 percent 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.
