JKBOSE Postpones Class 10-12 Board Exams Due To Heavy Snowfall; Check Revised Dates
The development comes amid severe weather conditions in Jammu-Kashmir, which has thrown normal life out of gear.
The Jammu & Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) announced on Friday that some exams for classes 10, 11, and 12 in the hard zone areas have been rescheduled due to adverse weather conditions.
According to the official notification, the board has postponed the class 10th exam of Hindu/Urdu from March 1 to March 25. Similarly, 11th class exams for computer science, information practices, and other subjects have been rescheduled from March 3 to March 25.
Additionally, class 11th exams of environmental science, functional English, physical education, Islamic studies, Vedic studies, Buddhist studies, electronics, travel tourism hotel management, English literature, and food technology, initially scheduled for March 3, have also been moved to March 25.
The exam body said that the exam of general English paper for class 12th has been postponed from March 1 to March 24.
The development comes amid severe weather conditions in Jammu-Kashmir, which has normal life out of gear.
"Postponement of Examination for Hard Zone areas in the UT's of J&K and Ladakh," the J&K Board wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
Earlier in the day, the board also clarified that class 11 exams in soft zones will be held as scheduled and dismissed rumors of postponement. "Please don't believe in rumours circulated through videos or any other platform regarding the postponement of today's exam," it said in a post on X.
Heavy Snowfall In Jammu-Kashmir
Heavy snow accumulation and landslides in Jammu & Kashmir prompted officials to temporarily close the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway between Ramsoo and Qazigund.
Several vehicles, including passengers and trucks, had to stop at Jakhani in Udhampur because of the situation. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is continuously engaged in clearing snow at the Srinagar airport.
The continuous rain and snow in the region for the last 36 hours have led to a significant drop in temperatures across the Union territory.
