has allowed a 12-year-old girl - who never enrolled in school, and instead, studied at home - to sit for the
Madhyamik Examination 2019as an external candidate.
WBBSE president
Kalyanmoy Gangulysaid
Saifa Khatun qualified the eligibility test conducted by the WBBSE for external candidates in August, and her case was "unprecedented" in the history of Madhyamik Examination (Class 10 board examination) in the past two
The minimum age to appear in the examination is 14, Ganguly said.
Khatun, who hails from
Howrah district, secured 52 per cent marks in the eligibility test, results of which were announced on October
Another board official said the girl's father
Mohammed Ainulhad moved the WBBSE to allow her to sit for the Madhyamik Examination 2019.
The last such instance of an external candidate appearing in the board examination before the minimum age
Reviewed by Unknown
on
21:06:00
Rating:
No comments: