Maharashtra HSC Board Exams 2022 Postponed for 18 Subjects

Maharashtra HSC Board theory exams of language, scheduled between March 5 to March 7, 2022, have been rescheduled and will most probably be held in April. Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Examinations (MSBSHSE) came out on Thursday. Officials took the decision after a truck carrying around 2.5 lakhs of question papers from the Pune division was set ablaze on Wednesday on the Pune-Nashik Highway in Ahmednagar district.

Maharashtra HSC Board Exams 2022 Postponed

The subjects scheduled on 5 March were Hindi, German, Japanese, Chinese and Persian, while Marathi, Gujrati, Kannada, Sindhi, Arabic, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, French, Spanish, and Pali were scheduled on 7 March.

“As the vehicle that caught fire was carrying the question papers, due to which the confidentiality of papers may have been compromised, that is why we have resolved to postpone the exams. According to the protocol, these examination papers will have to be reset and printed again for all nine sections”. The containers in examination papers were placed was damaged in the fire.

“Out of the nine divisions, one with the papers got fired in this happening. Reprinting would have been an option if there were enough days left for the exams. New question papers will now be printed for all the divisions, which will take time. The ministry will clarify the dates on Thursday.” ~Statements by MSBSHSE chairperson Sharad Gosavi, as per PTI report.

Earlier on Thursday, MSBSHSE announced the fresh dates for the HSC exams. The new dates are 5 April 2022 and 7 April 2022. Furthermore, MSBSHSE clarified that other exams would be conducted offline despite students’ opinions on COVID-19. Moreover, Maharashtra HSC or class 12 final exams are scheduled from 4 March. Meanwhile, SSC exams are scheduled from 15 March, which will be conducted as per the schedule.