Krishnagar (WB): A woman gave birth to
her baby after appearing in Bengali paper of Madhyamik
(class-X) board examination on Friday and two-days later she
took the English paper with her baby girl in Nadia district.
Saraswati Halder, a student of Bhajanghat High School
in Nadia district sat for English paper at Majdia Shib Mohini
Kanya Vidyapith, the centre of her Madhyamik examination with
her daughter yesterday, Headmaster of the school Krishnapada
Dutta said.
"I told the authorities that Saraswati would go for
exams with her baby and requested the authorities to help
her," Dutta said.
The examination centre authorities provided her a
separate room and her mother-in-law Anima Halder was allowed
to sit beside her with the baby on lap.
Anju Chatterjee, the centre in-charge said, "We were
ready to provide her 15 minutes more time than her scheduled
time but she wrote her answer script within scheduled time."
Halder said, "I have been preparing for the
examination since long and that was the reason that I appeared
for the examination. If I had not appeared for the examination
then I would have lost one valuable year."
PTI
