Srinagar, Jan 10: The students who failed to qualify the class 11th annual regular examination 2024 and were provisionally enrolled in class 12th are facing uncertainty as the J&K Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has not refunded their fees submitted for their class 12th examination.
A group of dejected students told Greater Kashmir that those who did not clear the Class 11th Annual Regular-2024 examination were granted provisional admission to class 12th on the condition that they would be eligible to appear in the Class 12th Annual Regular examination 2025 only after qualifying the Class 11 Bi-annual Private examination.
They said that at the time of submission of examination forms and fees for the Class 12th Annual Regular 2025 examination, these provisionally promoted students, who were simultaneously appearing in the class 11th private examination, were asked to deposit the class 12th examination fee.
“The JKBOSE authorities assured us that in case we failed to clear the Class 11th private examination, the deposited fee for the class 12th exams would be refunded,” the students said.
They said that, after the declaration of the class 11th bi-annual private examination results, a section of students could not qualify.
“JKBOSE has not refunded the class 12th examination fees despite the passage of two months,” the students complained to Greater Kashmir.
The affected students urged the J&KBOSE authorities to refund the amount as promised.
Amid the delay, the students are now approaching the concerned school authorities seeking a refund of their exam fees.
“We have intimated JKBOSE a number of times to refund the class 12th exam fees of students who could not qualify their class 11th exams, but there has been no action to date,” a school teacher told Greater Kashmir. “The students think that the concerned schools have to refund their money.”
The teachers said that they had submitted the list of students for refund to JKBOSE in mid-November, but the amount has not been refunded to the students to date.
Notably, JKBOSE in its notification earlier mentioned that the students provisionally enrolled in class 12th would get a refund of exam fees if they fail to pass the class 11th examination.
“The students provisionally admitted in class 11th and 12th in the current academic session can also submit their examination forms, but their candidature shall be confirmed only if they pass the qualifying examination in full and their provisional admission is regularised,” a JKBOSE notification reads.
“In case any candidate does not pass the qualifying examination, her or his examination fees will be refunded upon applying for the same to the office of Joint Secretary Examination, Kashmir division, within 20 days of declaration of the result of their annual private and biannual 2025 examination,” the notice reads.
Secretary JKBOSE, Ghulam Hassan Sheikh, told Greater Kashmir that the fee would be refunded to all the students who had applied for it.
“We stand by our commitment, and we will refund the fee of the students whose list is submitted to the JKBOSE,” he said.
