Centre’s decision on Class XII exams by June 1: Official

NEW DELHI: Even as states are drafting their suggestions on class XII exams to be sent to the ministry of education (MoE), according to sources, majority of them have chosen the option of conducting a truncated test for 19 “major subjects”. A few did stress on the need to vaccinate students and teachers before the exams. Meanwhile, over 300 students wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India to quash physical conduct of examinations.
The MoE had asked the states/ UTs to submit detailed suggestions by Tuesday on the two proposals mooted by the CBSE for conducting the board exams.
The CBSE has proposed two options — conducting regular exams for 19 major subjects at notified centres or conducting shorter duration objective type exams at respective schools where students are enrolled between July 15-August 26 and the result to be declared in September. Even as the hashtag “cancelboardexams” continued to trend on Twitter, over 300 students wrote a letter to Chief Justice of India N V Ramana to appeal for an alternative assessment scheme similar to last year.
A senior MoE official said: “General consensus based on the feedback received so far is that the exams should be conducted. As stated by the education minister, a decision will be announced by June 1.” The Delhi government has reiterated its stand of “vaccination or cancellation”, the state is in favour of option B. Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar, Karnataka are among the states which have also advocated the second option.