BHOPAL’S Government schools have entered a high-pressure academic sprint, with the Directorate of Public Instruction, Bhopal, proposing half-yearly examinations from next month and ordering 60% syllabus completion before the exams begin. According to the latest directive from the Lok Shikshan Sanchalnalaya, Class 11 and 12 half-yearly exams will start from November 18, while Class 9 and 10 exams will begin from November 21. The examinations will be held in a single shift from 10 am to 1 pm across all Government and Governmentrecognised schools in Bhopal district. Students have been instructed to reach centres by 9:30 am. In a new update issued for the current session, the revised subject-wise timetable, which is being implemented as a model for Bhopal division as well.

 

The Directorate has clarified that exams will be held even if a public or local holiday is declared, and practical exams for remaining subjects will be conducted at the school level between November 21 and 30. After each exam, schools must use the remaining periods to teach the next day’s subject. For Bhopal schools, the effective window is only 40-45 teaching days due to Dussehra holidays (Oct 19-21), Diwali holidays (Nov 6-11) and winter break (Dec 31-Jan 4). Officials admitted that in many city schools only 30-40% of the course is complete, with textbook distribution still pending in some clusters. Acting on quarterly results, Bhopal DEO office has directed schools to identify weak students and run extra classes, particularly for Mathematics, Science and English. Meanwhile, the Rajya Shiksha Kendra has set a hard deadline of January 31, 2027 to finish the entire 2026-27 syllabus, as teachers will be deployed for Census Phase-II duty from February 1 to the first week of March. Schools have been asked to restructure timetables to meet the target without affecting academic quality