CBSE, which is holding UGC-NET exam tomorrow, has postponed the test in Srinagar where curfew-like restrictions were imposed following protests over the killing of terror group Hizbul Mujahideen poster boy Burhan Wani in an encounter.
"All the candidates appearing in UGC-NET scheduled to be held on July 10, 2016 at Srinagar city are informed that due to unavoidable circumstances, this examination is being postponed," CBSE said in a statement today.
The next date of examination for all these candidates will be announced in due course of time, it said.
There are 16 examination centres in Srinagar, in which 10,255 candidates are registered for the examination.
Eight persons were killed and 50 injured in clashes in Kashmir between security forces and violent mobs who set ablaze five buildings, including three police installations, and some vehicles to protest the killing of Wani in an encounter.
Curfew-like restrictions were imposed in many parts of Kashmir where mobile internet services were suspended across the Valley and mobile telephony services restricted in south Kashmir, the epicentre of the trouble.
Last year, 14,91,371 students had taken the Class X exams
while 16,67,573 students would take the exam this year. Of these 8,84,710 candidates would be taking the board based examination while 7,82,863 candidates would be taking the school-based exam.
The CBSE currently gives its students the option of taking either the school-based or board-based examination.
For the class X exam, there would be 3,974 centres and 16,354 schools, the CBSE said.
The total number of candidates for the class XII exam is 10,98,420 while the number of centres is 3,503 and the number of schools 10,677.
