KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
Education Minister Naeem Akhter has denied reports that examinations for tenth and twelfth standards are being postponed to March. “There is no such plan”, Akhter said.
“I have been receiving countless calls from worried parents and children since yesterday after a baseless report was circulated by a news gathering agency and unfortunately picked up by many newspapers,” Akhter wrote on his Facebook. “One of the reporters was kind enough to call me for verification of the report and was told there is no plan to postpone exams beyond 14th and 15th November. He ran a long report quoting unnamed sources but chose not to carry my version.”
Akhter further said: “All the students and parents who called me insisted that exams must go on in accordance with the published date sheet. That is the decision of the government as well. Let the students remain focused on studies and prepare vigorously for exams on the due date. Best wishes to them.”
Some news reports earlier suggested that the examinations of the twin classes would be conducted in March 2017. But Akhter said there was so such plan.