Gujarat: School unit test deadline extended to August 10

AHMEDABAD: The deadline for conducting unit tests for schools in Gujarat has been extended till August 10, said government sources.
The education department had earlier directed all government-run, grant-in aid and private schools in the state to conduct exams for school students by July end.
The periodic evaluation test is meant to check the progress of a child and will be conducted from the comfort of their homes under the supervision of the parents.
The test will be for the main language and maths subjects. Each test will be of 25 marks. Schools were to make necessary arrangements to ensure that the question papers reach the students at their residences by July 28 latest and the parents were to submit the answer paper sheets to the respective schools by July 31. This deadline has now been revisited to August 10, said sources.
The question paper will carry five questions of five marks each.