UP: Primary schools closed as teachers deputed on board exam duties in Ghaziabad

As UP Board exams begin on Tuesday, Ghaziabad District School Inspector on Tuesday ordered all High Schools and Intermediate schools to stay closed from 6th to 20th Feb and all teachers to be deputed for Board exam duty at various centres.

He also added that action will be taken with the Principles of the schools if they don't follow the orders.

Earlier, the teachers from non-govt aided schools had refused to render their services for Board Exam duty unless their demands like salary hike, were met.

In Meerut alone, there are 120 centres with CCTV cameras. For 10th class, 55,966 students will write the boards and 44,185 students for the 12th class.

Eight teams of flying squads will inspect centres. The board examination would start at 7:30am every day.

There are 2556 primary and higher primary schools in the district where 5,200 teachers teach over 2 lakh kids.

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