Board Exan: Himachal Pradesh Board has postponed the board exams being held in the state. The board has also given a special reason for postponing the exam. Let’s know why the papers have been cancelled, know when the papers will be held.
Board Exan postponed: Himachal Pradesh School Education Board has postponed the board examinations till March 8 due to continuous heavy rains and fresh snowfall in Lahaul-Spiti and Pangi area of Chamba district.
Himachal Pradesh School Education Board has postponed the board examinations till March 8 due to continuous heavy rains and fresh snowfall in Lahaul-Spiti and Pangi area of Chamba district. In the official notification issued by the Himachal Pradesh Board, it has been said that due to heavy rains and snowfall in the state, roads and paths in Pangi and Lahaul-Spiti districts have suffered severe damage. In such a situation, keeping in mind the interest of the students, the board decided to postpone the examinations in these areas.
These exams have been postponed
The exams that have been postponed include Himachal Folk Culture and Yoga, Sanskrit, Painting, Home Science, Music, Punjabi and Urdu for Class 8 (SOS), Mathematics and Social Science for Class 9, Hindi, Music, Financial Literacy and English for Class 10 (Regular and SOS), English, Public Administration and Geography for Class 11, and Economics, Physics, Public Administration, Financial Literacy and English for Class 12.
New dates will be released soon
The board also informed that the new dates for these postponed examinations will be announced separately. In other parts of the state where the weather is normal, the examinations will be conducted as per the dates released by the board.
Along with this, the Meteorological Center of Himachal Pradesh has issued an orange alert regarding heavy rain, snowfall, thunderstorm and lightning in some parts of the state. This alert has been issued for Chamba, Kangra and Lahaul-Spiti districts, and the reason for this is the collective effect of heavy snowfall and rain in late February. The Meteorological Center has said that there was a drought in the state in the recent past, but now there has been a sudden change in the weather and it was necessary to issue an alert.
This step has been taken keeping in mind the safety and convenience of the students and examinees. They will have to wait for the announcement of new dates. Also, it has been said that the examinations in other parts of the state will be held as per schedule.
