A notice issued by Calcutta Girls’ High School on Monday to pay online by March 29 fees for admission to Class XI left parents of many students anxious.

The school clarified on its website on Tuesday that the payment deadline has been extended till April 13.

“It could be April 13 or even later. All formalities regarding Class XI admissions will be completed keeping in mind the present crisis and the government directive,” a school official told Metro on Tuesday evening.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a nationwide lockdown for 21 days from March 24 midnight.

On Monday, the school had posted a list of students, selected on the basis of aggregate marks obtained by them in classes IX and X.

The school and teachers were flooded with phone calls from parents after the notice for admission to Class XI for the 2020-21 session was uploaded on the website. “Online payment for all streams can be done from 23rd March, 2020 to 29th March 2020,” it said.

Another notice posted on Tuesday clarified: “Online payment for Class XI admission (2020-21) is extended till April 13.”

The school shut down last week because of a state government order to help check the spread of the coronavirus. “All notices were drafted and uploaded one by one. It was a glitch. We will not deny admission to a student because of non-compliance of dates when the country is facing such a crisis,” a school official said.

“We had decided to close the office much ahead of the lockdown. We didn’t know that there would be a lockdown in the country and so had prepared the notices that automatically got uploaded. We have posted a clarification on the website for parents,” the official said.

The school had created individual IDs for parents to access report cards after the closure.