Fact Check: Karnataka SSLC Exam scheduled in afternoon on March 1 to facilitate PUC exam but not for minority appeasement
Karnataka SSLC Exam scheduled in afternoon on March 1 to facilitate PUC exam but not for minority appeasement
A timetable circulating on social media claims that the upcoming Class 10 Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) exams in Karnataka are scheduled differently on a Friday to accommodate namaz timings, accusing the state government of minority appeasement.
Fact Check:
The claim is false.
According to media reports, the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) released the timetable for the Karnataka Secondary School Leaving Certificate Preparatory Exam 2024 on February 2. Exams are set to take place from February 26 to March 2 in both morning and evening shifts, with morning sessions from 10.15 am to 1.15 pm and evening sessions from 2 pm to 5.15 pm.
Upon checking the official KSEAB website, a note indicates that the Science subject Preparatory Examination of SSI.C is scheduled in the afternoon on March 1, 2024, due to the second PUC Examination-1 on the same day.
Additionally, Karnataka Congress clarified that the SSLC exam on March 1 is in the afternoon to avoid a shortage of examination centres and confusion with the commencement of PUC exams on the same day.
The claim is false. The SSLC exam on Friday, March 1, will take place in the afternoon, unlike the other exams at 10.15 am, due to the PUC exam scheduled in the morning shift on the same day.