(2)Students who have failed at the Supplementary examinations if they wish to appear at the Secondary School Examination or the Higher Secondary School Examination in the following year, must rejoin a school within a fortnight of the date of the announcement of their results by the School Examination Board. This period can only be extended by the District Education Officer if he is satisfied that it is or was absolutely impossible for a pupil to rejoin within the prescribed time.(Resolution of the inspecting Officers' Conference held on the 10th June 1946)