Gujarat authorities to refund Class 10 exam fees

According to an estimate, as many as 7.50 lakh students had signed up to appear for the Class 10 exams for the year 2020-21.

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has decided to promote all the students who were to appear for the Class 10 exams due to the pandemic. The decision was taken at the core committee meeting presided over by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

Following the decision, the education board has stated that it will refund the examination fee to the students. The decision as to what fee would be charged for the marks sheet is yet to be taken. The Board charges Rs 255 as an examination fee from which Rs 10 is passed down to the school. This amount will now be refunded to the students.

According to an estimate, as many as 7.50 lakh students had filled up the form to appear for the Class 10 exams for the year 2020-21. As many as 60 percent of the students are girls.

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While all regular students of Class 10 will be promoted en-mass, they will be issued a marks sheet on the basis of marks they have secured in the first and second examinations of Classes 9 and 10 to enable them to secure admission in Class 11. The charge for the marks sheet comes to between Rs 50 and Rs 70 which will be deducted from the examination fee to be refunded to the students.

Since it would be difficult to refund fees to the students individually, they would be refunded to the schools online. The district education officers have been directed to refund the fee to the schools.