JKBOSE announces mass promotion for class 11th

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education on Wednesday announced a mass promotion for the students who were to appear in annual and private exams of class 11th in the Kashmir Division.
The decision has been taken due to the paucity of time left for conducting forthcoming Annual (Regular) Examinations in Kashmir Division; inter-zone areas of the Jammu Division. Whereas, the student shall be promoted to class 12th on the analogy of the previous year’s result declared during the Covid-19.
The same policy shall be adopted to the forthcoming Annual Examination-2021 Summer Zone of the Jammu Division as well. In this regard, a notification has been issued by Dr Farooq Ahmad Peer, Director Academics of Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education.
“It is notified for information of all the concerned students/stakeholders that in order to save the academic year of all those candidates appearing in the Higher Secondary Part-I (Class XI) Annual (Pvt)/Bi-Annual 2020-21 Examination, Kashmir Division scheduled to be held from 23rd September 2021 shall be promoted to next higher class (Class 12th) on the analogy of previous year's result declared during Covid-19”, the notification reads.
“The decision has been taken due to paucity of time left for conducting forthcoming Annual (Regular) Examinations in Kashmir Division; inter-zone areas of Jammu Division”, it added.
The notification further added that the candidates promoted shall be allowed to appear in the forthcoming Higher Secondary Part-II (Class XII) Annual (Regular) Examination 2021 in Kashmir Division/Winter zone areas of Jammu Division, subject to the condition that they are provisionally admitted in schools and have a minimum of 66% (online/offline) attendance during the current academic session 2020-21, to be certified by the concerned Heads of Schools/ Institution, it added.
The candidates who have applied for subject change/Additional subject and other categories shall also be declared as pass in Class 11th in the respective subjects as a one-time exception provided they have qualified the main examinations in all compulsory subjects.
“The promotion of the candidates shall be subject to the condition that, if for any reason at any stage of time in future, it is found that the candidates was/were not eligible for appearing in 2020-21 session. The JKBOSE shall reserve the right to cancel his/her/their promotion without any prior notice. The same policy shall be adopted to the forthcoming Annual Examination-2021 Summer Zone of Jammu Division as well”, it reads.