Punjab schools exams to begin after February 27

As urban local bodies elections of Punjab’s six municipal corporations (MC) and 123 municipal councils/nagar panchayats is set to clash with the annual school examinations across the state, the education department on Thursday decided to reschedule the “annual and board examinations” and start it at least two days after the February 25 deadline the Parkash Singh Badal government has set before the Punjab and Haryana high court to complete the poll process, government sources said.

As urban local bodies elections of Punjab’s six municipal corporations (MC) and 123 municipal councils/nagar panchayats is set to clash with the annual school examinations across the state, the reluctant education department on Thursday decided to reschedule the “annual and board examinations” and start it at least two days after the February 25 deadline the Parkash Singh Badal government has set before the Punjab and Haryana high court to complete the poll process, government sources said.

Now, instead of starting, as decided earlier, the scheduled annual and board examinations from February 25, the school education department has decided to begin the examination after February 27.