Uttarakhand board exams from March 5

Nainital, 13 Jan 2009

UPDATED 3 Jun 2009 : Click here for Uttarakhand Board Exam Results 2009

Uttarakhand high school and intermediate board’s written examinations for this year will begin on March 5, 2009

An announcement to this effect was made by the Uttarakhand Education and Examination Council, which conducts these examinations every year.

Talking to reporters at Ramnagar, additional secretary of the Council Damodar Pant said the decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of official concerned two days ago. The date for practical examinations are yet to be decided but they are expected to be over by February 28.

He said the board examinations will be held from March 5 to March 28. While high school examinations are expected to conclude on March 21, inter mediate examinations will come to an end on March 28.

Council sources said as many as 1,75,876 students are expected to write this year’s high school examinations. Of these, 1,54,102 students are regular candidates and 21,774 are private examinees. Similarly, as many as 79,448 regular candidates and 9,549 private candidates will sit for the intermediate examination.