226. Restriction on the time to be devoted to examinations.
- Headmasters or Principals should see that the last month of session is not wholly occupied in examinations, but that the expenditure of time on examinations is spread over the whole year. The terminal examination should be held at the end of the term; they should not make more than one week and the examination of all the classes (except perhaps in the case of the test examination for Secondary School Examination) should be held simultaneously. The last terminal examination in a high school other than the test examination should commence on the date not earlier than fourteen days from the date on which the school closes for the Christmas holidays. The papers set for this and the other terminal examinations should not be of more than two hours duration except in the case of the examinations held in class XI. Class promotions must be declared before the end of the term. Assistant masters should not be excused from regular teaching work while they are marking examination papers. This work should be done out of school hours.(D.P.I.'s circular no, 24, dated the 24th April 1917; Resolution of Inspectors' conference, 24th June, 1930; D.P.I.'s letter no. 7409, dated the 26th July, 1932; and D.P.I.'s letter no. 8845. dated the 29th September 1934.)
