UP Assembly elections dates are the reason for postponing UP Board exams
New Delhi:
Since the Election Commission has declared the dates for assembly elections for Uttar Pradesh in February and March, according to sources, the UP Board examinations will happen after March 11, which happens to be counting day for the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa.
According to Election Commission of India, voting for 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh will be conducted in a seven-phase election on 11, 15, 19, 23 and 27 February, and 4 and 8 March. The counting will be on March 11.
Earlier Uttar Pradesh Examination Board had declared the dates between February 18 and March 21 for examinations in Class 10 and 12. The Election Commission later deferred the dates after summoning the secondary education department authorities along with the officials on last month.
More than 60 lakh students to write the exams, in which about 34, 04,571 candidates have registered for Class 10 exams and 26, 24,681 candidates have registered for Class 12 exams.
The date sheet for the examination, however, has not been released.
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According to Election Commission of India, voting for 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh will be conducted in a seven-phase election on 11, 15, 19, 23 and 27 February, and 4 and 8 March. The counting will be on March 11.
Earlier Uttar Pradesh Examination Board had declared the dates between February 18 and March 21 for examinations in Class 10 and 12. The Election Commission later deferred the dates after summoning the secondary education department authorities along with the officials on last month.
More than 60 lakh students to write the exams, in which about 34, 04,571 candidates have registered for Class 10 exams and 26, 24,681 candidates have registered for Class 12 exams.
The date sheet for the examination, however, has not been released.
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