Bundi : Bundi Education Department has started preparations to conduct state common examination by removing the district common examination scheme. The entire arrangement for examinations from 9th to 12th is being done from the state level, for which the timetable for half-yearly examinations has also been released by the Education Department. At the same time, the increase in fees for question papers under the state level common examination is being widely opposed by non-government schools, due to which the education department is repeatedly changing the last dates for submission of fees.
According to the information, till last year, under the District Common Examination Scheme from class 9th to 12th, question papers for half-yearly and annual examinations were prepared and distributed to government and non-government schools through the District Education Officers. As soon as the BJP government comes to power in the state, in order to bring confidentiality, transparency and uniformity in the examination system, the Education Department, in a new experiment, has decided to conduct the examinations from class 9th to 12th from the academic session 2024-25 under the State Honor Examination Scheme. The fee for question papers for half-yearly/annual examinations has been increased from Rs 10 to Rs 20 per student, which non-government school operators are opposing.
Fee deposit dates changed
Earlier, 3rd December was fixed for depositing the fee for the question papers of the half-yearly examination. After protesting against the increase in question paper fee, it was done on 5th December. Now December 10 has been declared as the last date. Director of Secondary Education, Bikaner Sitaram Jat has issued instructions for conducting state level examinations for half-yearly examinations. Under which school level practical examinations will be held on 12th and 13th December. Written examinations will be held from 14 to 24 December. It has been told in the instructions that the confidential material of the examination will reach the Chief District Education Officer Secondary at 33 district headquarters by a confidential firm from 9 to 11 December. From where the question papers will be received from PEEO/UCEO from 9 to 12 through the Chief Block Education Officer and will be kept in the nearest police stations for security reasons on 12th December. From where, under the supervision of PEEO/UCEO, question papers will be distributed to government schools and half an hour before the commencement of the examination to the heads of non-government schools. He told in the instructions that under any circumstances, neither will question papers be kept in non-government schools nor will question papers of both the shifts be distributed together.
