GUWAHATI: Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday hinted that the Class 10 state board exam (Matric) will be held as per schedule in May. He, however, added as the model code of conduct is on, any decision in this regard would be taken by the new government.
“We have some specific problems for which we can’t cancel the exam. CBSE has internal assessment unlike SEBA. If we upgrade the students without an exam, there will be issues in the admission process in colleges. Secondly, online exams are not feasible in our state as the village students don’t have online facilities. A practical decision has to be taken. The decision whether to conduct the Class X and Class 10+2 examinations will be taken only after the new government is formed on May 2,” Sarma told the media in Guwahati.
He said that as of now no decision was taken on postponing the examination. The Secondary Education Board of Assam, SEBA, also said that there is no plan to postpone the metric examination as of now.
Seba chairman Ramesh Chandra Jain told TOI that the Matric examination will be held as per schedule from May 11. He, however, added that the situation will be reviewed after a week if required.
There will be 878 exam centres for the Class 10 state board exams this year with a record number of 4.40 lakh students appearing in the exam.
In the meanwhile, Meanwhile, students also continued to demand immediate cancelation of Class 10 HSLC/AHM examinations 2021 due to a spike in Covid-19 cases in the state.