Assam Higher Secondary exams to be held from first week of March

GUWAHATI: The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) announced that the higher secondary (H.S) 2nd year examinations will be held from the first week of March. According to sources, a level committee has been already formed to conduct the upcoming exams.

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, 30% syllabus has been reduced for all streams.

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Meanwhile, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared that classes 10 and 12 exams will be conducted from May 4 to June 10.

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal also announced on Thursday that practical examinations will be conducted from March 1.

The results of the board exams will be announced by July 15.

Usually, practical exams are conducted in January and written exams begin in February and conclude in March. However, the exams are being delayed this session in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Schools across the country were closed in March to contain the spread of COVID-19. They were partially reopened in some states from October 15.

However, a few states have decided to keep them closed in view of a spike in the number of infections.

The board exams this year had to be postponed mid-way in March. They were later cancelled and the results announced on the basis of an alternative assessment scheme.

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