Ranchi: Schools in Jharkhand will remain shut on Monday in view of the bandh called over the Agnipath recruitment scheme, officials said. The ongoing examinations of classes 9 and 11 have also been postponed, they said.

"In view of the bandh called by certain organizations, it has been decided that all government, as well as private schools, will remain closed on Monday," School Education and Literacy Department secretary Rajesh Kumar Sharma told PTI on Sunday. "We do not want school students, especially those who travel by bus, to face any trouble. We have seen in Bihar that students were forced to get down from a bus as it was set ablaze," he added.

Fresh dates for the postponed exams will soon be announced, he said. All India Students Federation (AISF) gave a Jharkhand bandh call on Sunday in protest against the Agnipath scheme. However, it received a lukewarm response.

Meanwhile, the Department of School Education and Literacy, through its autonomous institution, the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), has announced that it will institute a special programme in consultation with the defense authorities to enable those Agniveers who have cleared the Class-10 exam to obtain the Class-12 pass certificate by developing customized courses. It will benefit the Agniveers to gain adequate educational qualifications and skills, officials said.

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