Mumbai: As the second wave of the coronavirus continues to wreck havoc, Maharashtra — one of many worst-hit states, introduced the postponement of the state board exams for lessons 10 and 12. The exams for Class twelfth will tentaively be held by finish of May, whereas the Class tenth exams will likely be carried out in June.
Taking to twitter state School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad knowledgeable that the scenario was being intently monitored and that recent dates for these exams will likely be introduced accordingly. “Your health is our priority,” she added.
Imp Announcement: Given the present #COVID-19 scenario in Maharashtra, we’ve postponed state board exams for sophistication tenth & twelfth. The current circumstances usually are not conducive for holding exams. Your well being is our precedence. #PariskhaPeCharcha #HSC #SSC #exams (1/5) pic.twitter.com/cjeRZAT7ux
— Varsha Gaikwad (@VarshaEGaikwad) April 12, 2021
The collection of tweet additional knowledgeable that the choice is the end result of consultations with numerous stakeholders-students, lecturers, dad and mom, elected representatives from throughout events, academicians and tech giants- within the wake of rising coronavirus instances.
“During the consultations, numerous various evaluation choices had been evaluated conserving the well being, well-being and way forward for our college students in thoughts. Postponing exams appeared to be probably the most pragmatic answer,” she wrote in a tweet.Â
Further, she stated that the CBSE, ICSE, IB, Cambridge boards will likely be requested to rethink their exams schedule.Â
Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Sunday recorded its highest single-day rise for the reason that outbreak. As many as 63,294 new coronavirus instances had been registered which pushed the caseload to 34,07,245, the well being division stated.
The demise of 349 sufferers as a result of an infection took the state’s toll to 57,987. A record 2,63,137 exams had been carried out throughout the state throughout the day, which took the general check depend to 2,21,14,372.
Earlier, on April 3 the Maharashtra authorities had introduced that each one college students of Classes I to eight will likely be promoted with out exams.