Maharashtra HSC Class 12 exams postponed for these papers; New dates here

NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has postponed Maharashtra HSC (Class 12) exams after question paper sets of Class 12 exams were gutted in a fire.

The board on Thursday announced that the papers of second and third language subjects, which were scheduled to take place on March 5 and March 7, will now be held on April 5 and April 7.

According to the board officials, Hindi, German, Japanese, Chinese and Persian language exams were scheduled for March 5. Exams for these Class 12 subjects will be held on April 5.

While Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Sindhi, Arabic, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, French, Spanish and Pali subjects that were scheduled on March 7 will be conducted on April 7.

"The truck that caught fire was transporting papers of exams which were to be held on March 5 and 7, and since the confidentiality of these papers has been compromised, we have decided to reschedule these exams. As per the protocol, these papers will have to be reset and reprinted for all nine divisions," MSBSHSE chairperson Sharad Gosavi said.

The Maharashtra SSC, HSC question banks 2022 are available at maa.ac.in. The Maharashtra Board will conduct the SSC exams from March 15 to April 4, 2022. While, HSC theory exams will be held from March 4 to April 7, as per the revised dates.