An official the education department told TOI over the phone from Mumbai that it "seems unlikely that practical exams will be hindered'. On condition of anonymity the official said, "Senior officers of the state board and education department are currently in Lucknow under going a management seminar. They are due to return next week and probably a meeting will be held to discuss the dates. The plan is to start the practical exams from February 2 and complete it well before the civic poll dates."

The subjects Political Science (Code 028) and Lending Operations (Code 620) were scheduled to be held on March 3, but will now be held on April 16. While political science is an elective subject, Lending Operations comes under the professional subject category. Both subjects are independent of each other.

The CBSE has determined to make an modification in the Student XII board exam date sheet due to the Uttar Pradesh (UP) assembly elections. The board's controller of examinations MC Sharma sent a round to stakeholders mentioning the changes, which will be applicable to candidates both in India and abroad.

The circular said that since the Election Commission of India had postponed the polls in UP from February 4 to March 3, the exam for that day was being postponed as well. There is no exam for Std X scheduled that day.

Meanwhile,Maharashtra's civic bodies too will go to polls on February 16, raising questions about the state board practical exam dates clashing with it. Highly placed sources in the state education confirmed that a meeting in this regard is likely to be held next week.

The change means that students who opted for those subjects will have to delay their vacation plans since earlier the last day of the board exam was to be on April 13. Board exams for Std X will be held between March 1 and 26, while the revised Std XII exams will be between March 1 and 16.

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Schools are waiting for the schedule to finalize their internal exam dates. Jaspal Singh, principal of Guru Nanak school, said, "The schedule that we get is basically a window of dates within which we have to complete the practical exams. The letter mentions the name of the external examiner and then we decide when to conduct the exam. So, now that we know the civic poll dates we will make sure that the practical exams are finished well before time."