Advertisement While India is combating a scathing wave of coronavirus infections that continues to wreak havoc on the citizenry of the country, the Ministry of Education seemed unperturbed by the ground reality of the mass destruction caused by the deadly virus. The ministry recently conducted a high-level “virtual meeting” with the education ministers and senior officials from various states to conduct “offline” school-leaving exams (board exams) for the students of Class 12 in the months of July and August. The meeting came at a time when an increasing number of reports are highlighting the vulnerability of children during the inevitable third wave of destruction by the coronavirus.