The decision was taken “looking at the present situation of the pandemic and school closures, and also taking in account the safety and well-being of the students”, said a notification For CBSE Class XII boards, the situation will be reviewed on June 1 and revised dates will be announced thereafter
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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has cancelled the board exams for Class X and postponed the board exams of Class XII due to the prevailing situation due to COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
A notification was issued on Wednesday in this regard by CBSE controller of examinations Sanyam Bhardwaj.
The notification followed the union ministry of education‘s decision after a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. For CBSE class XII boards, the situation will be reviewed on June 1 and revised dates will be announced thereafter.
The decision was taken “looking at the present situation of the pandemic and school closures, and also taking in account the safety and well-being of the students”, said the notification.
The board exams for Class XII were to be held from May 4 to June 14, 2021. These exams will be held hereafter. The situation will be reviewed on June 1, 2021 by the board, and details will be shared subsequently. A notice of at least 15 days will be given before the start of the examinations, the notification said.
For the Class X, the board exams were to be held from May 4 to June 7, 2021. The results of Class X will be prepared on the basis of an objective criterion to be developed by the board. Any candidate who is not satisfied with the marks allocated to him/her on this basis will be given an opportunity to sit in an exam as and when the conditions are conducive to hold the exams, it added.
India recorded the highest-single day spike, since the beginning of the pandemic, of 184,372 fresh cases on Wednesday, taking the country’s total infection tally past 13.87 million, according to the latest figures released by the Union ministry of health and family welfare.
The grim figures come on the last day of “Tika Utsav” (vaccination festival) during which Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for mass participation in the immunisation drive across the country.