Poverty seen as key reason
A total of 2.81 lakh students out of some 24.88 lakh did not turn up for this year's Primary Education Terminal Examinations that ended on Monday.
The number of absentees is 1.27 lakh higher than that of last year. Around 1.54 lakh students did not take the examinations last year when it was introduced for the first time.Read more>>
