Chandini Majhi, the daughter of Dana Majhi who carried his wife s corpse on his shoulders for 10 km after allegedly being denied a hearse by the government hospital in Odisha s Kalahandi district, was among the 2,81,658 girls who cleared the class 10 state board examinations.
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The board exams are likely to be held from July 15, PTI reported.
The board exams will be held for one or two days with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols and the question papers will be objective, the Assam CM said.
Assam has a COVID-19 positivity rate of 3.24 percent currently.
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday (June 10) said that Class 10 and 12 state board examinations will be held only if COVID-19 positivity rate drops below two per cent.
The board exams are likely to be held from July 15, PTI reported.
“A series of meetings were held by the education department with guardians, students organisations and other stakeholders and they are in favour of holding the examinations,” Sarma said addressing a press conference.
In light of CBSE's recent announcement, almost a dozen states including Odisha, Maharashtra and more recently Tamil Nadu have followed suit and cancelled their class 12 board exams.
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