Meghalaya board postpones two Class 12 exams in violence-hit West Garo Hills| India Information
The Meghalaya Board of Faculty Schooling has postponed two of its class 12 exams within the West Garo Hills district, the place clashes broke out between tribal and non-tribal teams over the nomination course of for native council polls, an official stated.
The music and anthropology papers of the Larger Secondary Faculty Leaving Certificates Examination (HSSLC), scheduled for March 11 and 12, had been postponed, he stated.
The examinations within the remaining districts of the state will proceed as per schedule.
“The HSSLC examinations, scheduled for March 11 (Music) and March 12 (Anthropology), stand cancelled for West Garo Hills solely. The identical shall be rescheduled for another dates to be notified later,” Meghalaya Board of Faculty Schooling’s Director Accreditation and Controller of Examinations TR Laloo stated.
Over 29,000 college students are showing for the Larger Secondary Faculty Leaving Certificates Examination carried out by the board this 12 months.
The choice to defer the examinations within the district got here as curfew was imposed amid a unstable scenario in elements of the district, following incidents of violence.
The precautionary measures had been taken to make sure the security of scholars and examination workers, Laloo stated.
Two individuals had been killed in police firing on Tuesday throughout clashes between tribal and non-tribal teams over the nomination course of for native council polls within the district, prompting the federal government to impose curfew and name within the Military, one other official stated.