Offline exams in higher institutions postponed across the country
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New Delhi, May 4 : Due to the second wave of Covid, the Union Ministry of Education requested to postpone all offline examinations scheduled in the month of May, 2021.
This decision will be applicable to all central higher educational institutions across the country. Apart from this, such higher educational institutions will also have to postpone offline examinations, which receive financial support from the central government.
In a letter addressed to all heads of centrally funded institutions, Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare has urged these institutes to postpone all offline examinations to be held in the month of May, 2021. Although online examinations may continue.
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Keeping in view the surging COVID-19 cases in the country, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had postponed Class 12 Board Exams 2021. However, students across the country are now urging the Union Ministry of Education to cancel Class 12 Board examinations and replace them with an alternative form of assessment.
Many students have taken to Twitter to raise their concerns and urge for the cancellation of exams. The Class 12 board exams students have used #cancel12thboardexams2021 to put forward their request. So far, there have been around 1 million tweets demanding the cancellation of the upcoming CBSE Class 12 board exams.
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