Gandhinagar: About two million students of Classes 8, 9 and 10 in Gujarat would be allowed to carry their books to exam halls if the state education authority has its way.

The Gujarat Secondary Education Board (GSEB) on Monday sent a proposal in this regard to the state government.

If the government nod comes, which is likely, then the 2008-09 examinations in March next year may see students of three groups, maths-science-social science group; Gujarati-Sanskrit-English group and the lesser group of physical education-drawing-music-computer appearing in exams with books.

GSEB chairman R.K. Pathak said the decision was taken after the working committee approved the proposal of the education and examination committees. IANS