ahmedabad the gujarat secondary and higher secondary education board gshseb will take the exam of class ix students as part of the gunotsav drive to ascertain the knowledge levels of the children so far the gunotsav drive was limited to primary schools this is the first time the drive has been extended to the secondary schools board officials said that the gunotsav exam will be conducted on february 13 and 14 the children will be tested for their knowledge in english math social studies science and technology and gujarati language subject the gunotsav drive for secondary schools will cover 8000 government and private schools affiliated with the gshseb nearly 10 lakh students will appear for the exam the officials said that the board will give papers to the schools the papers will be objective type and will be corrected by the computer the schools will submit the test results to the board on the basis of the performance of the students the schools will be graded as a b c like the primary schools are graded after the gunotsav drives in the primary schools gshseb chairman r r varsani said that the performance of the schools will help the board formulate policies in the future which will enhance the education standards in the stateboard run schools in the state this time the gunotsav test marks have not been linked to the grant given to the schools it needs mention that the gunotsav drives conducted in the primary schools had revealed how many class 5 students were not able to read and write what was taught to them in the lower standards as well