The announcement was made by Union Minister of Education Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal on Thursday, 28 January, during an interaction with heads of schools, where he talked about ways of implementing the National Education Policy 2020.
Earlier on 31 December 2020, Dr Pokhriyal had announced that CBSE board exams for Classes 10 and 12 will be held from 4 May to 10 June 2021.
In July 2020, Dr Pokhriyal had announced that the syllabus for class 10 and 12 board exams to be conducted in 20212 had been reduced by 30 percent “by retaining the core concepts.”
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