Class XII board exams begin in Kashmir
12-November-2020

The annual board examinations for Class XII in the Kashmir valley commenced on Thursday amidst Covid-related preventive measures put in place by the authorities to check the spread of the infection among the students, officials said.

They said the examination commenced across the Valley as well as in the winter zone areas of the Jammu division. The examination was conducted smoothly with almost full attendance in adherence to Covid-19 SOPs, the officials said.

The candidates were briefed about the concessions granted in the examination that they had to attempt only questions of 60 marks out of 100 marks, they said.

This year, one supervisor for 20 students was appointed instead of 30 students, so as to follow the social distancing norms, they added