Exams for classes V VIII may be delayed in govt schools

Jaipur | Monday | 17th December, 2018

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Examination forms are being submitted in schools for both classes,” said Arunesh Sinha, director of DIET, Jaipur.Some officials shared the inside story. It needs to be probed that when order for the books was placed at the beginning of the year, why have they not reached schools,” said Mittal. “Since the model code of conduct is in place since October, the decision-making has become extremely slow. The system will not normalise until the new government is formed. Other than human resources, huge financial resources are also required to conduct these exams which are bigger in volume than the class X and XII exams,” said an official.Exams for classes V, VIII will take place after class X and XII boards in April.Any delay will push the exams to May which has unbearable climatic conditions.Meanwhile, Kishan Mittal, spokesperson of Swayamsewi Shiksha Sansthan, a body of RBSE schools, has argued that English books for upper primary classes for this year are yet to be distributed in government schools.“Students are forced to purchase books from the market..