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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.
The Delhi government is not in favour of the CBSE exploring options to conduct the Class 12 board examinations and going ahead with the process without vaccinating the students will prove to be a big mistake, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Sunday.
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Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Sunday asked states to send their detailed suggestions regarding the conduct of Class 12 board examinations in detail. Earlier in the day, a high-level meeting chaired by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was held to deliberate on the issue.
Highlights
The Ministry of Education to decide the fate of the pending Class 12 board exams and the subsequent entrance exams
Exams were postponed in view of the second wave of COVID-19
Manish Sisodia said the education system has its own compulsions but considering the extreme circumstances, they can be put aside
New Delhi: The Delhi government is not in favour of the CBSE exploring options to conduct the Class 12 board examinations and going ahead with the process without vaccinating the students will prove to be a big mistake, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Sunday (May 23).
He said this during a high-level meeting called by the Ministry of Education to decide the fate of the pending Class 12 board exams and the subsequent entrance exams, which were postponed in view of the second wave of COVID-19.