Dubai: Regular traffic jams have forced an Indian school based here to make a very unusual request to the Central Board of Secondry Education (CBSE).

It has asked the CBSE to start exams an hour late in UAE from next year.

Four students from the Millennium School were stuck in a car on Dubai-Sharjah road for over two hours last week, forcing school authorities to make this unusual request, Khaleej Times reported today.

"We have now written to CBSE to consider the situation in the UAE and from next year, possibly start the examinations by 10,an hour later than usual. This is the first year where we have experienced such heavy jams," headmaster of the school Jude Myers said.

"We are also considering taking up the issue with CBSE. The traffic issue is specific to the UAE, especially Dubai and Sharjah, and we do not want our students to suffer because of this," said principal of another school based here.

Parents and students have welcomed the suggestion. It would be a great relief if it does happen as mornings are peak traffic time.

Source : UNI