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Updated Feb 26, 2021 | 14:01 IST
The school heads were informed by the council about steps to hold the practical examinations. Several higher secondary candidates are now contented. West Bengal HS question pattern witnesses Covid alterations, no question papers for practicals | Photo Credit: PTI
Kolkata: The state’s Council of Higher Secondary Education yesterday published the subject-wise question pattern for the upcoming higher secondary examination on the reduced syllabus.
The school heads were informed by the council about steps to hold the practical examinations. Several higher secondary candidates are happy since the question pattern would now permit them to understand the alterations which have been brought in after decrease in the syllabus in a Covid year.
HS council allows schools to advance practicals schedule Possibility that the premises will be taken over because of the Assembly elections
The state higher secondary council has allowed schools “relaxation” in starting the HS practical exams, giving them the freedom to advance the schedule if there is a possibility that the premises will be taken over because of the Assembly elections, officials said.
The earlier order had asked the schools to conduct the in-person practical exams from March 10 to 31.
An official of the council said that as security forces were expected to enter the schools well before the start of the polls, the institutions have been allowed to modify the schedule depending on the situation.
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KOLKATA: Schools in Bengal are likely to reopen their campuses for pupils in classes IX to XII from February 12, state education minister Partha Chatterjee said on Tuesday. A decision on junior classes will be taken later. The government is likely to issue a detailed school reopening SOP on Wednesday.
The minister has also scheduled a meeting with vice-chancellors of various universities on Wednesday to decide when higher education campuses would open.
Tuesday’s announcement would be a relief to pupils, especially the several lakh who are set to take this year’s Class X and XII board exams. Bengal is the only state where schools haven’t yet reopened, in some form or the other, since the abrupt shutdown last March, at the start of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.