Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal during an interaction with teachers today, said that Class 10 and 12 board exams will be held after February. He added that the exams will be held later, but did not indicate any tentative dates.
While the interaction with teachers in today’s live webinar Education Minister discussed details of CBSE Board exams that were the primary topic of discussion. Other topics included reduction of the syllabus, the mental health of students, the key role of teachers amid this pandemic, the conduct of JEE mains exam four times, and other related topics.
In addition to this, Education Minister also ruled out that Board exams would not be held online as not every student, especially those from rural and under privileged background, is still connected to internet and digital platforms and holding exams in online format wouldn’t be fair to them.
As part of the central government initiative to conduct examinations on time amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Minister has planned a three-way dialogue with the students, parents and teachers across the country.
Authorities have been holding discussions this year with students, parents and teachers regarding the board exams even as schools and colleges across the country are in the process of resuming normal classroom teachings for various classes in December 2020 and January 2021.