Jamia to hold offline Board exams from April 15

New Delhi: Even as Covid-19 cases are on the rise, Jamia Millia Islamia has decided to conduct the annual Board exams for its school students from April 15. The candidates will have to appear for the exams in the offline mode.
Class XII exams will begin from April 15 and for Class X, exams start on April 16. The exams for Class XII and Class X will end on May 21 and May 11, respectively.Students of three schools — Jamia Senior Secondary School, Jamia Girls Senior Secondary School and Syed Abid Husain Senior Secondary School will be appearing for the exams.
On Tuesday, students raised concern over the offline exams and urged the authorities concerned to reconsider the dates in view of the rising cases.
One of the Class XII students said, “All schools are closed and the government has ordered that no children should be called to schools, yet Jamia is going ahead with the exams. I am worried and so are my parents.”
According to a teacher, more than 3,000 students, including private candidates, will be appearing for the exams.
The teachers’ association has also written to vice-chancellor Najma Akhtar requesting her to either postpone the exams, or hold them online.
However, the university said the decision to conduct the exam was taken following consultation with all stakeholders. Ahmed Azeem, public relations officer at the university, said, “The decision has been taken following consultations with the dean, the teachers and even the parents. Everyone believed that it was important to hold the Board exams.”
“If any student does not wish to write the exam now, he/she may appear for it later along with the compartment students,” Azeem added.
All Covid norms can be easily followed during the exams, he said. “The Jamia campus is very big and if need be, we can also have just five students in one examination hall.”
However, according to the datesheet, the exam centre for students of Jamia Senior Secondary School and Jamia Girls Senior Secondary School is designated as Syed Abid Husain Senior Secondary School.