DELHI: Amid spiralling coronavirus instances throughout the nation, the Centre is reported to be mulling to rethink its decision to conduct the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations in offline mode.
It could also be famous that the CBSE Board exams are scheduled to be held from May 4 within the offline (conventional pen and paper) mode.
However, if the Education Ministry sources are to be believed, each the Education Ministry and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) officers are discussing if the category 10, 12 board exams might be postponed in view of an unprecedented rise in COVID-19 instances.
While the federal government is open to reconsidering the examination dates, the Board officers opine that it’s too early to say it there might be any adjustments in examination schedule introduced earlier.
It could also be famous that Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had earlier reiterated her name for cancelling CBSE Board exams. She had urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank “to do the right thing” by calling off the exams in view of the COVID-19 scenario within the nation.
The Congress normal secretary had on Sunday written to the schooling minister in search of cancellation of the CBSE Board exams, saying it will likely be inconceivable to guarantee the protection of scholars at crowded examination centres.
In a tweet on Monday, she mentioned, “Come on @cbseindia29 @DrRPNishank @narendramodi do the right thing!” She additionally posted the hashtag ‘cancelboardexam2021’.
Priyanka Gandhi additionally tagged a tweet on the announcement that the Maharashtra authorities has postponed the state board exams of Classes 10 and 12, which have been scheduled to be held later this month, in view of a steep rise in COVID-19 instances within the state.
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Come on @cbseindia29 @DrRPNishank @narendramodi do the appropriate factor! https://t.co/5pkmLhJCzw
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) April 12, 2021
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In her letter to the minister, she had mentioned by forcing youngsters to sit for these exams throughout a raging pandemic, the federal government and the CBSE might be held accountable if any examination centre turns into a hotspot with a lot of youngsters changing into contaminated with the illness.
According to the revised date sheet for CBSE board exams 2021, the Class 10 exams could be held between May 4 and June 7 and people for Class 12 could be held between May 4 and June 15.
CBSE officers have mentioned that examination centres throughout the nation have been elevated by 40-50 per cent to guarantee social distancing amongst college students.
