Lucknow: The UP Secondary Education Council on Saturday (May 29) cancelled board examinations for sophistication 10 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and proposed to take a 90-minute take a look at of every topic for sophistication 12 within the second week of July, if attainable.
The detailed examinations scheduled for sophistication 12 board examinations will likely be introduced quickly, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma stated.
In an official assertion, he stated the council’s determination to cancel class 10 examinations would profit over 29.94 lakh students, permitting their promotion to the subsequent class.
Owing to the significance of the category 12 examination in a scholar’s future, it has been proposed to be held from the second week of July, if circumstances enable, the stated.
The UPSEC’s determination is in keeping with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which too has cancelled the category 10 examination all around the nation and overseas and at current, is mulling over the desirability and feasibility of holding class 12 exams.
“Owing to the extraordinary circumstances triggered by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the larger interest of students besides the general interest of the public, the UP government has decided to cancel the class 10 board examinations conducted by the UP Secondary Education Council,” Sharma, who additionally holds the secondary schooling portfolio, stated.
“This will benefit as many as 29,94,312 students (of class 10th),” he added.
About the category 12 examinations, he additional stated, “Keeping in mind the future of students and the importance of class 12 marks for them, the examinations have been proposed for the second week of July if circumstances are conducive.”
The examinations will likely be held adhering to all (*29*)COVID-19 norms and social distancing, Sharma stated, including {that a} detailed timetable for sophistication 12 examinations will likely be put out quickly.
“As in the past, this year also, the examinations will be held in 15 working days,” the minister stated.
Elaborating on the character of the category 12 examination, he added, “The duration will be of one-and-half hours and the students will have the freedom to answer any three questions out of 10.”
“To maintain social distance among students, the number of examination centres have been increased,” the minister stated, including a complete of 26,10,316 students have registered themselves for the category 12 board examination in Uttar Pradesh.
Sharma, within the assertion, additionally stated it has been determined that every one students of lessons six, seven, eight, 9 and 11 will likely be promoted to the subsequent class.
(inputs from company)
