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CBSE Class 12 Board Exam Update: PM Modi chairs meeting; favours wider consultations
CBSE Class 12th News: Amid growing uncertainty over the CBSE Class 12 board exams, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting last week to discuss if it is conducive to conduct exams or an alternative should be worked upon to promote the students, sources told India TV.
During the meeting which took place on May 21, sources said that PM Modi insisted on wider consultations and setting up a Group of Ministers (GoM) to discuss the matter with states. He said that a decision should be taken while keeping the safety and security of children in mind and also their future prospects, sources said.
PM Modi will meet with Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and top officials at noon
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The Class 10 and 12 board exams will begin May 4
Exams would be in the offline-written mode , the CBSE said in February
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting to discuss the Class 10 and 12 board exams due in May and demands to cancel them because of the massive Covid spike across the country.
PM Modi will meet with Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and top officials at noon.
The Class 10 and 12 board exams will begin May 4. The Class 10 exams will end on June 7 and Class 12, four days later. The exams would be in the offline-written mode , the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) said in February, at a time daily Covid cases in India had dropped to fewer than 15,000 a day.