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JAMMU: To implement the uniform academic calendar, the government on Wednesday said that the examination in the identified difficult areas shall be delayed and held from the second week of April while in other areas the examination will be held in the first week of March. The School Education Department said that it had constituted a committee for implementation of Uniform Academic Calendar for both the Divisions of Jammu and Kashmir in sync with the Higher Education Department and the rest of the country.
Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Alok Kumar said, “The committee deliberated on the issue and was of the opinion that Option-II which is reproduced as under is most suitable for implementation in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.”
“The theory examination in UT of Jammu and Kashmir shall be conducted from the first week of March as per the present Academic calendar of Jammu Summer Zone except in difficult areas of Jammu region and some areas of Kashmir region,” it reads.
It also states that the examination in these difficult areas shall be delayed and held from the second week of April as per the calendar proposed, when these areas are fully accessible and the delivery of the examination stationary and confidential material is ensured.
“Even though if examination in these difficult areas shall be conducted separately, the result of these examination can be declared simultaneously, as although the difficult areas constitutes of approx 30-35 percent of the area of the UT, the total number of students from these areas is not more than approx 10-12 percent, since the areas are sparsely populated and the evaluation of answer scripts shall take less time,” read the order.
“In supersession of all previous orders issued from time to time on the subject, sanction is accorded to the operationalization of Uniform Academic Calendar in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir from the current academic session.
Stating the guidelines to implement it, the department said, “As per the modified proposed uniform academic calendar, students who appear in Class 10th and 11th examination shall be provisionally admitted in Class 11th and 12th ‘ respectively after conclusion of Board examination.
“Students, who are declared unsuccessful in the results, shall be permitted to continue their studies in Class 11th and 12th till the result of Bi-annual/Annual Private examination are declared and in respect of the candidates who fail to pass in Bi-annual examination, provisional admission shall be cancelled,” read an order.
“J&K Board of School Education shall restructure the examination schedule from Classes 10th to 12th as Annual (Regular) examination of Jammu Division/Kashmir Division excluding hard zones/areas shall be held in the month of March while Annual (Regular) examination of hard zones/areas of Jammu Division and Kashmir Division/Union territory of Ladakh shall be held in the month of April” it stated and added, however, the result of Annual (Regular) examination of Jammu Division/Kashmir Division including hard zones/areas and Union territory of Ladakh shall be declared in the month of June and Annual Private/Bi-annual examination in Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir/ Union territory of Ladakh shall be held in the month of August and its result shall be declared in the month of October.
“J&K Board of School Education shall issue detailed examination schedule including schedule for submission of application form etc and also notify the list of hard zones/difficult areas separately,” it stated adding that Other Schedules viz. Registration, renewal of Registration, Migration, Inter-School Migration, Eligibility, Subject change etc shall also be notified separately by J&K Board of School Education.
“The above examination schedule shall be applicable with immediate effect from the current session.” it added.
