The Jammu and Kashmir UT administration is considering shifting the November to March school exam session from primary to higher secondary level from this year, officials said.
Shifting to March session from current year a well planned decision: officials
Srinagar: The government decision to shift the academic session to March-2023 from the current academic year is well planned, a top official said on Saturday.
The official said there should be no confusion over it and students should accordingly prepare themselves for the March session from the current academic year.“
“Due to the November session, the precious time of students gets wasted,” said the officials.
It has been decided at the government level to shift the session to March-2023 from the current academic year. Only a few things are being worked out after that official order will be issued by the department,” the official told Greater Kashmir.
As per the government decision, the annual-2022 Board exams for the class 10th to 12th will be held in March 2023 instead of November-December of 2022.
“Yes it has been decided. There should be no ambiguity in it,” the official said.
The Higher Education Department (HED) already shifted the academic session to July from the current year in line with the National Academic Calendar.
“Same will be followed by the School Education Department (SED) so that the academic calendar will be in sync with HED and national academic calendar,” he said(Shifting to March session from current year).
Notably, a high level committee constituted by the government was tasked to suggest the ways and means on how to go about it. The committee has suggested the operational mechanism for shifting the academic session to March from the current session.
“All preparations in this regard have been completed, and we are expecting the examinations for the 10th and 12th to be held in March this session,” a senior official of SED said, adding that after the 10th and 12th examinations, other lower class exams will be held gradually in march session.
The move follows the government’s decision to simultaneously implement the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 and the Uniform Academic Calendar in the Higher Education Department (HED) starting with the current academic session
