According to the official notification released by the Bihar School Examination Board, reveals that the Board has postponed the Matri Bhasa (MB) Exam and Non-Rashtriya Bhasa(NRB) Exam, to be conducted on February 16, which was scheduled to be conducted on February 14, 2019. Since both exams were scheduled on the same day, it would cause immense inconvenience to the students. The NRB and MB exam are language examinations held for 50 marks. The NRB is now scheduled to be conducted in the morning shift of February 14 and MB exam will be conducted on February 16.
The new schedule states that The MB exam for intermediate (class 12) students will now begin at 1:45 pm on February 16, 2019 (Saturday). The Board has circulated the notification through an official notice for the same to the students and stakeholders on February 13.
Speaking of the notification, a BSEB spokesperson said, “There are different papers and therefore, the OMR sheets, question paper and answer sheets for both will not be similar. Since these two exams were on the same date and both of them are language papers, there was a possibility that students could mark the wrong code or attempt on the incorrect sheet. Scheduling the exams on different dates will eliminate such risks.”
The spokesperson added, “The slot for February 16, 2019, was a vacancy and no exam was scheduled to be conducted then, thus this seemed to be a right date for the re-scheduled exam.”
The MB paper is of Matri bhashsa (mother language) where students will be having a choice between Alternative English, Maithili and Urdu. The NRB exam is Rajbhasha (national language) which is a test of Hindi language course.
The new Datasheet released as per the notification is as follows:
February 14 – N.R.B. (morning)
February 15 – Mathematics (morning)
February 15 – Economics (afternoon)
February 16 – Saturday Home Science, Economics (morning)
February 16 – MB (evening)