Srinagar : Annual examinations of Class 8th and 9th Thursday commenced across the Kashmir Division for which 1981 examination centres have been established.
In this regard Director School Education Kashmir Dr G N Itoo accompanied by Principal SIE Kashmir Mehboob Hussain, Chief Education Officer Srinagar Mudasir Kaleem Fazili and other officers of the Department visited many examination centres established in Srinagar and took stock of the arrangements put in place. During his visit to the centres at GHSS Rajbagh and BHSS Jawaharnagar DSEK interacted with students appearing in the examination and inquired about the facilities being provided to them. Dr Itoo directed the invigilators to provide conducive environment for the students during the examinations.
The Director said no indiscipline in any form affecting the smooth conduct of examinations shall be tolerated. He said the monitoring teams under the supervision of the Joint Directors have been constituted to ensure the smooth conduct of examinations and shall visit different districts of Kashmir Division and inspect the examination centres regularly.
Principal SIE Kashmir who is also the incharge of examinations while giving details to State Media Centre School Education, DSEK, said a total of about 1,37,481 students are appearing in Class 8th and 9th examinations conducted by SIE Kashmir across the Kashmir Division including Leh and Kargil. He said adequate arrangements have been put in place for the smooth conduct of these examinations.