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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, Education Secretary and other important officials at 12 noon on Wednesday to discuss the issue of CBSE board examination.
The final decision on the CBSE board exam can be expected today. Many students, academics and politicians have demanded the cancellation of board exams amid rising COVID-19 numbers.
On Tuesday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the Center to cancel the CBSE board examinations amid an increase in coronovirus cases in the national capital.
Every year, lakhs of students appear for the CBSE class 10 and 12 board exams.
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Updated Apr 14, 2021, 1:19 pm IST
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has sought postponement of the upcoming CBSE board exams for classes 10 and 12
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Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has sought postponement of the upcoming CBSE board exams for classes 10 and 12 amid the surge in Covid-19 cases across the country.
Singh has written to Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank , pointing to the prevailing situation and stressing that it would only be appropriate that a decision is taken forthwith to postpone class 10 and 12 board examinations.
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This would also allow the Union Government and States to plan better for conduct of the examination once the situation normalises, he said in an official statement here on Wednesday.
CBSE Class 12 board exams postponed, Class 10 exams cancelled
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Amid the growing chorus for cancellation of CBSE Board Examinations due to the record spike in Covid-19 cases in India, the govt has decided to postpone the CBSE Class 12 board exams and cancel the Class 10 exams.
The decision was taken in the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank , Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Cabinet Secretary, School and Higher Education Secretaries and other top officials were present.
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The CBSE on Wednesday informed that it will give at least 15-day advance notice to the students, schools before announcing the new dates of Class 12 board exams 2021 after it postponed the existing scheduled examination which was to take place from May 4 to June 14, 2021, in view of the pandemic and safety, the well-being of students.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) earlier in the day cancelled Class 10 board exams and postponed examinations of Class 12, as Covid cases continue to rise.
The decision was taken after PM Modi met Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. Considering the resurgence of the pandemic and school closures and also taking in account the safety and well-being of students, the Ministry of Education said that a decision was taken to defer the Class 12 board exams and cancel the Class 10 exams.
CBSE Board Exams 2021: PM Modi to hold meeting with education minister
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CBSE officials denied any change in plan yet and reiterated that the arrangements are being made to ensure social distancing by increasing examination centres by over 50 per cent. The CBSE board exams are scheduled to begin from May 4.
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, Secretary & other important officials on Wednesday at 12 noon to discuss the issue of CBSE Board Exams.
The final decision on the CBSE Board exams can be expected today. The chorus for cancellation of upcoming board exams for class 10 and 12 grew louder on Tuesday in wake of the exponential rise in COVID-19 cases even as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said it has not taken any decision yet in this regard.