Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has postponed the state Board examinations for Classes 10 and 12. All schools for classes from 1 to 12 will also remain closed till May 15, an official sid.
The government spokesman has said that fresh dates for the examinations would be announced sometime in May. The board exams in the state was scheduled to begin from May 8.
This is for the second time that the Board exams in UP have been deferred. The exams were earlier scheduled to be held from April 24 but the dates were pushed ahead because of the Panchayat elections in the state.
This comes amid the state reported its highest one day spike of over 20,000 cases since the onset of the pandemic. The state has also announced to extend night curfew hours from 8pm to 7am as the current plan shows no improvement in the situation.
Meanwhile, the Centre on Wednesday announced to cancel CBSE board exams for class 10, while postponed exams schedule for class 12. The students of class 10 will be promoted on the internal performance basis.
