CBSE To Conduct Pending 10th & 12th Exams After Lockdown

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CBSE To Conduct Pending 10th & 12th Exams After Lockdown

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be conducting all remaining examinations of 29  main subjects for Class 10 and Class 12 board students after assessing the situation once the coronavirus lockdown is over.HRD Ministry is prepared to conduct the pending board examinations for classes 10 and 12 for 29 crucial subjects at the first possibility, officials said. The ministry has also directed states to start the evaluation process for the exams already conducted and facilitate the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in the evaluation of answer sheets.

CBSE To Conduct Pending 10th & 12th Exams After Lockdown

HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' had on Tuesday interacted with education ministers of states.

Earlier on Monday Union Human Resource Development minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said, 

"As soon as the national lockdown will be lifted and the situation returns to the normalcy, the government will announce the schedule for holding the CBSE examination in the country."

CBSE clarified in a tweet on Wednesday that 

“Recently there has been lot of speculation regarding CBSE board exams. It is reiterated that board's decision to take board exams for 29 subjects of class 10, 12 stands the same as announced earlier,”.

Press Release dated 29.04.2020 regrading CBSE Exams@DrRPNishank @HRDMinistry @OfficeOfSDhotre @PIB_India @PTI_News @DDNewslive @AkashvaniAIR pic.twitter.com/XtXvET66fm

— CBSE HQ (@cbseindia29) April 29, 2020

In an earlier tweet, CBSE told, “Recently there has been a lot of speculation regarding 10th CBSE Board exams. It is reiterated that the board's decision to take board exams for 29 subjects of Class 10 and 12, stands the same as mentioned in circular dated 1.4.20.”


According to the HRD ministry officials, as of now, there are plans to conduct competitive exams including JEE and NEET in June for admission to engineering and medical colleges.

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