GSEB exams 2021: Students from classes 9 to 12 in containment zones allowed to take exams later

The students from classes 9 to 12 would be allowed to take their exams once their areas are removed from the micro-containment list.

The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) has allowed students of Classes 9 to 12 in containment zones to take the exams later. The state board on March 17 issued a circular to all district education officers. The students from these classes would be allowed to take their exams once their areas are removed from the micro-containment list.

This comes after many containment zones in Gujarat have come up due to spurt in cases. In Ahmedabad alone, as many as 60 new areas were declared as micro-containment zone. The city already has about 35 zones and only 5 were removed from the list. With the cases continuously rising in the state and across the country, the concern regarding the exams, scheduled to begin from March 19 is increasing.

GSEB 10th examinations have been scheduled from May 10 to May 20, 2021, as per the GSEB SSC Time Table 2021, while according to the GSEB 12th Time Table 2021, the examinations are scheduled from 10 to May 25, 2021. Also, GSEB had earlier announced the schedule for examinations for students of Classes 9 and 11.

Students of classes 9 and 11 would be appearing for their first exams from March 19 to Mach 27. The final exams are scheduled from June 7 to June 15. 

“Since these exams are to be conducted by schools and are important as they will be considered in the Board results, schools have been asked to conduct exams for students whose residences fall under containment zones through a fresh set of question papers,” said GSHSEB chairman AJ Shah.

For classes 9 and 11, the schools would be required to prepare the question paper in the format as instructed by GSEB. Also, the marks obtained by students in the first examinations would be considered for the internal evaluation, which is of 20 marks for the final result.

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• GSEB 12th Syllabus 2021
• GSEB 10th Syllabus 2021