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Admit Card Snag: Student Stages Sit-in Protest After Being Barred from HS Exam, Issues Warning!
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News18•21-09-2026, 13:33
Admit Card Snag: Student Stages Sit-in Protest After Being Barred from HS Exam, Issues Warning!
- •Nurtaj Khatun, a Higher Secondary examinee from Kuai High School, Paschim Medinipur, was unable to appear for her 3rd-semester exam due to an admit card issue.
- •She staged a sit-in protest at the school gate after not receiving her admit card despite completing all form-filling procedures.
- •The school's headmaster had promised to arrange the admit card but failed to do so, making it impossible for her to take the exam.
- •The student threatened to commit suicide if she cannot take the exam and appealed to the Chief Minister for intervention.
- •The acting headmaster's claim that the girl did not fill out the form is questioned, especially since he reportedly sought a 'special permission' admit card from the council.
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Nurtaj Khatun staged a sit-in protest at the school gate because she was unable to appear for her third-semester Higher Secondary examination due to not receiving her admit card.
Acting headmaster Rashbehari Midya stated that the student allegedly did not fill out the form, yet he personally went to the council to try and obtain a special permission admit card.
The student and her family approached multiple offices, ranging from the SI and BDO offices to the DI office and the state's Shiksha Bhawan, but still failed to receive an admit card.
