Hours after cancellation of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams for class 12, Indian School Certificate (ISC) board exams for Class 12 too have been cancelled. The final decision on compiling results is yet to be taken, Dr G Immanuel, Chairman, Council for the CISCE told news agency ANI. Earlier during the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level review meeting to decide on the future of class 12 exams and entrance tests. The meeting was attended by senior ministers and officials. He said that the decision on Class 12 has been taken in the interest of students. Covid-19 has affected the academic calendar and the issue of Board Exams has been causing immense anxiety among students, parents and teachers, which must be put to an end, Modi said.
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It will discuss the proposals for the conduct of Class XII exams.
The meeting will be chaired by Rajnath Singh and will also be attended by Ramesh Pokhriyal, Smriti Irani and Prakash Javadekar.
New Delhi: Amid the second wave of coronavirus in the country, the Centre will hold a high-level meeting today (May 23, 2021) to take a call on the pending CBSE and ICSE Class 12th Board Exams.
The virtual meeting will be chaired by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at 11.30 AM and will be attended by all the states and UT Education Ministers, Education Secretaries and Chairpersons of State Examination Boards and stakeholders.
ICSE, ISC exams deferred, date for class 12 exams to be decided later
The Covid situation will be closely monitored and a final decision on the conduct of the board examinations will be taken by the 1st week of June 2021.
BusinessToday.In | April 16, 2021 | Updated 19:29 IST
Class 10 students can choose to write offline examination along with class 12 students or choose to not take the exams.
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Friday deferred the ICSE (class 10) and ISC (class 12) exams scheduled to be held from May 4 because of the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.
CISCE said a final decision on conducting class 12 exams will be taken at a later date. The Covid situation will be closely monitored and the deferment of the ICSE and ISC 2021 examinations will be reviewed and a final decision on the conduct of the board examinations will be taken by the 1st week of June 2021, it said in a release.