Server issue delays online quiz, time for submission extended

Ludhiana: City children studying in government schools participated in an online quiz organised by the education department on Monday, which was later continued till Tuesday. There was some trouble with the link generated by the department as it showed busy as claimed by teachers and the students, due to which it did not open.
The quiz is an initiative to prepare students for the National Achievement Survey. The syllabus from April 2020 to July 2020 was included in this.
A government teacher while requesting anonymity said, “The link was not getting opened and then we complained about this to the education department .A new link was generated and then we forwarded a new link to students and not even 30% of students could submit the quiz by 3pm.”
Another teacher Kirandeep from government school, Sihora, said, “ Due to online traffic in morning, the site was busy as everyone started together, but later it went smooth. The students initially panicked but then they got extended time to submit the quiz.”
Rapwinder Kaur, science teacher from government school, Thireke, said, “We are in regular touch with students. Though, they are facing issues but they continued with their efforts to submit it. It’s just 30 objective type questions which they would be able to solve within 30 minutes.”
Ravnoor Singh , a class IX student of government school, Thireke, a special child who faced difficulty while attempting . His mother Harpreet Kaur, a resident of Khanna colony near Basant City, said, “The exam was good, however, in beginning there was some problem with the site not opening and then I saw a video and was able to open the link. He was able to attempt it but he took a lot of time in solving maths portion.”
Piyush from GSSS Jawahar Nagar, who is studying in class X and a resident of Abdullanpur Basti, said , “ I tried to open the link again and again . There was an error in the system but it opened after two hours. I was thinking that it is going to be difficult, but it was easy.”
Veer, another student from the same school said , “ There was a problem in the link and I tried a lot of time . Most of my classmates faced issue . I started opening the link at 8am and kept on trying again and again. I was able to finish it around 2pm.”
Davinder Singh Chinna, principal of GSSS Shahpur, said, “PAS survey is getting tremendous response.”
Time for submission extended
The department has issued instructions that PAS survey link will remain active till 8pm, Tuesday, for all classes. So, please ask students not to panic and if link is not opening, ask them to try it later as now we have one more day to submit it.”