COVID-19: J&K govt to promote classes 1 to 9 and 11 without exams

The decision of promoting students up to class 11 (except JKBOSE 10th and JKBOSE 12th) to the next class without any examination is taken to avoid the risk of spreading the contagious COVID-19 virus.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has closed all the academic institutions, colleges, universities, and other academic institutions due to the novel coronavirus outbreak in India. As a precautionary measure against the rapidly spreading disease, the government has also suspended the ongoing examinations. Now, the state government has decided to promote all students of classes 1 to 9 and class 11 students of Jammu division to the next class without examinations.

Check out the official notification below:

The decision of promoting students up to class 11 (except JKBOSE 10th and JKBOSE 12th) to the next class without any examination is taken to avoid the risk of spreading the contagious COVID-19 virus. According to a reputed source, the School Education Department, Civil Secretariat, Jammu stated that ‘In wake of coronavirus outbreak, students of Class 1 to 9 of Jammu division to be promoted to next class & all examinees, who appeared in Class 11 examination falling under Jammu Division to be the promoted to Class 12’.

Meanwhile, JKBOSE decided to postpone ‘all the ongoing examinations of JKBOSE for classes 10^th and 12^th being held across the Jammu and Kashmir region'. The Board took this decision after the directions for enforcement of complete safety restrictions came from the state government.

To confirm the postponement of all JKBOSE 10^thand JKBOSE 12^th examinations, the Board released an official notice that states, ‘In continuation to the notification, wherein due to the outbreak of COVID-19, as a precautionary measure, all the ongoing examination of JKBOSE for classes 10^th and 12^th being held across Jammu and Kashmir were postponed up to March 31, 2020, are being now postponed till further orders. Rescheduled dates will be communicated separately’.

The state government also directed all the private academic institutions situated within the boundaries of Jammu and Kashmir to extend the last date of fee submission. While schools and universities are shifting to e-learning modules to prevent loss of studies and keep students connected to the process of learning, there are schools and universities that have started harassing parents and students to pay academic fees on time.

In order to prevent this harassment, the government of Jammu and Kashmir school education department released an official notice directing academic institutions including private schools to extend the last date to deposit the school fees.

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