As per the schedule announced on Monday, Uttarakhand Class X and Class XII board examinations would commence from March 17 and would conclude on April 10. Announcing the schedule, state higher secondary education director RK Kunwar said that a total of 2.86 lakh students would appear in the board examinations.
He further said the board examination has been postponed by 13 days compared to the previous year's examination because of the state Assembly election slated on February 15.
“While the Class X board examination will be held between March 18 and April 10, the class XII board examination will be held from March 17 to April 10.
A total of 1.53 lakh students are to appear for Class X board examination while 1.33 lakh students are to appear for the Class XII board examination,” he said. He further said that a total of 250 examination centres have been marked as sensitive and 24 have been marked as ultra-sensitive. All the examinations would be held during the morning shift between 10 am and 1 pm, he added.