NEW DELHI : entre has requested the state governments to send their detailed suggestions on conducting CBSE exams for Class XII and entrance examinations
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The Centre will hold a high-level virtual meeting to discuss the school board and professional course entrance examinations on Sunday.
In a tweet, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said that he will attend the meeting along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani and Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar and Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre.
The government is likely to take a call on the exams at the meeting, which will also be attended by state education ministers and secretaries. The government is also expected to discuss the CBSE’s proposal for conducting board exams.
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Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal stated that an important meeting has been called to make a decision for the long-pending Class 12 CBSE board exam 2021. The exams were postponed as a safety measure looking at the critical situation of the nation amid the second wave of Covid-19.
Education ministers and secretaries from all the states and union territories are to be a part of the meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, while Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani and Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar will also be a part of the meeting.
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Following the high-level meeting chaired by Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Sunday to solicit suggestions regarding class 12th class board exams amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Congress student wing National Students' Union of India (NSUI) President Neeraj Kundan issued a statement stating that the conclusion of the meeting will only put lives of students at risk.