After the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) introduced on Wednesday that the board exams for sophistication 10 stand cancelled and the exams for sophistication 12 might be performed after assessing the scenario on June 1, the uncertainty looms over state board exams throughout the nation.
The Board of School Education Haryana (BSEH) exams for courses 10 and 12 are scheduled to start on April 22 and April 20, respectively. Talking to indianexpress.com, Dr Jagbir Singh, chairman of BSEH, mentioned, “The state board is all prepared to conduct the board exams as per the schedule. However, the final decision will be taken after the meeting with the education minister, which is scheduled to be conducted today i.e on April 15.”
While CBSE has cancelled class 10 exams, BSEH has no plans to cancel or reschedule exams till the federal government releases an official order.
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“CBSE is under compulsion to reschedule and cancel exams because students from across the nation will be appearing for these exams. However, the situation is different for state boards as they only need to make arrangements for students of a single state. If the government allows us to conduct the exam as per the schedule, BSEH will neither cancel nor reschedule the class 10, 12 board exams,” Singh added.
The board claims to be ready to conduct exams amid the coronavirus whereas sustaining social distancing and following commonplace operation procedures (SOPs). “Usually, around 40 students sit in one classroom while taking an exam. We have reduced that number to only 18 students this year to follow COVID-19 protocols,” Singh mentioned.
Meanwhile, Haryana on Wednesday recorded its sharpest single-day rise in COVID-19 optimistic circumstances with 5,398 new circumstances – a soar of greater than 71 per cent over the earlier highest single-day soar of three,845 reported on Tuesday.