Registration date for Class XI admission extended

SluG: Meritorious schools

Tribune News Service

Moga, June 4

The Punjab Government has extended the registration date for the admission to Class XI in meritorious schools during the 2020-21 academic session, said a senior official of the Education Department.

This decision has been taken in compliance with the instructions issued from time to time by the Centre and state government in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic.

The online registration will re-start for the admission to Class XI in meritorious schools located at Amritsar, Bathinda, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala, Sangrur and Talwara (Hoshiarpur) from 9 am on June 5 and will close at 5 pm on June 15.

The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has also made some changes in the eligibility criteria for the registration for the Class XI entrance examination. Before these changes, 70% marks were required in Class X for the general category and 65% marks for the reserved category. Now, students of the general category who have obtained Grade B and above in Class X from the PSEB are eligible. The condition for reserved category is Grade B.

Similarly, CBSE Class X pass students of the general category with Grade B1 and above and the reserved category students with grade B2 and above will be eligible to apply for the admission.