Centre postpones ongoing exams, including Boards
TIMES NEWS NETWORK | New Delhi:
As further precautionary measures due to the Covid-19
breakout, the HRD ministry on Wednesday said that all ongoing exams, including
board exams, are to be rescheduled.
Following HRD ministry’s directions, CBSE postponed all
exams between March 19 and 31. A new schedule is likely to be announced on
March 31. Most class X CBSE students in Mumbai have completed their exams on
Wednesday. However, many class XII students, especially from commerce stream
have papers lined up to March 30. A CBSE school principal said, “While a lot of
vacation plans and preparation for entrance exams for the next month will be
impacted, it is in the best interest of the children’s safety to cancel the
exams.
The step will have a cascading effect as the NIOS exam
has been postponed and JEE (Main) too is likely to be rescheduled. As per the
directions issued by HRD secretary Amit Khare, university exams will also be
postponed.
Consequently, college/ university admissions are likely
to be delayed.The CBSE notification stated that ongoing evaluation process has
been put on hold and will be rescheduled after March 31.
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