Compartment Examination for Senior School Certificate Examination

(i) A candidate placed in compartment at the Senior School Certificate Examination may reappear at the compartmental examination to be held in July the same year, may avail himself/herself of Second Chance in March/April and Third Chance in July of next year. Further he/she may avail himself/herself of Fourth Chance in March/April and Fifth Chance in July of the subsequent next year. The candidate will be declared 'PASS' provided he/ she qualifies the compartmental subjects in which he/she had failed. Syllabi and Courses shall be the same as applicable for the candidates of full subjects appearing at the examination in the year concerned.

(ii) A candidate who fails to appear or fails at one or all the chances of compartment at the Senior School Certificate Examination shall be treated to have failed in the examination and shall be required to reappear in all the subjects at the subsequent annual examination of the Board as per syllabi and courses laid down for the examination concerned in order to pass the examination. The candidates' practical marks/internal assessment marks obtained in the Main examination will be carried over till the fifth chance compartmental examination. The candidate shall have the option to appear at the practical examination in the subjects involving practical or retain their previous marks in one more annual examination after the Fifth Chance Compartment.

(iii) A candidate placed in compartment shall be allowed to appear at the subsequent five chances of Compartment only in those subjects in which he/she has been placed in compartment.

(iv) For subjects involving practical work, in case the candidate has passed in practical at the main examination he/she shall appear only in theory part and previous practical marks will be carried forward and accounted for. In case a candidate has not qualified/failed in practical/internal assessment he/she shall have to appear in theory and practical/internal assessment both irrespective of the fact that s/he has already qualified/cleared the theory examination.