Lockdown 3.0: Impact on schools, colleges,
board exams and entrance exams
The coronavirus lockdown has further been
extended till May 17, 2020. Here's how it will have an impact on schools,
colleges, board exams and entrance exams.
By: India Today Web Desk | New Delhi | May
1, 2020
HIGHLIGHTS
• Schools
and colleges to remain shut till May 17, 2020
• Board
Exams further postponed
Coronavirus lockdown 3.0: Attention students,
as per the latest updates, the coronavirus lockdown has been extended till May
17, 2020. The Pan-India lockdown was scheduled to end on May 3, 2020, however,
as per the decision taken by the MHA, the lockdown has been extended till May
17, 2020. This means that schools, colleges, institutes, coaching centers
across the country will also remain shut till May 17, 2020. Board exams are
further postponed which will lead to further postponement of results.
Impact on the education sector
Now, with the extension and further delay
in reconducting the remaining board exams, there will also be an effect on the
evaluation process. Not only CBSE but other state board exams have also been
affected by the decision. CBSE secretary Anurag Tripathi has said that all
remaining CBSE Class 10 board exams have been cancelled.
And for CBSE Class 12 board exams, exams
of only 12 major subjects would be carried out after the lockdown which would
be required for college admissions. But now, the question arises that when will
the board conduct the remaining papers.
With this, he also mentioned that it will
take around 1 to 2 months for the evaluation process. We are expecting that
this will get further delayed due to the extension.
A few days back, UGC released its
guidelines which mentioned that the colleges will open from August.
Intermediate Semester Students will be graded based on their internal
assessment of the present and previous semester. However, exams will be
conducted in states where the Covid-19 situation has been normalised in the
month of July. Terminal Semester Students will have their exams in July.
Exams and jobs which were scheduled till
May third week will be postponed in view of the Coronavirus lockdown. For the
exams which were scheduled immediately after the lockdown, a fresh announcement
is likely to be made soon.
Exam conducting agencies and organisations
are also expected to announce further extension of application processes or the
postponement of the exams. Major entrance exams of 2020 have not been held yet.
NEET, JEE Main have been postponed
Source : https://www.indiatoday.in
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