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Gulf News recaps the latest available guidance on the fast-moving development.
What happened?
School-leaving external board exams under India-based CBSE (except Grade 12) and ICSE; United Kingdom’s IGCSE and A-Levels; and the international IB have been cancelled (in the UAE and some other countries) because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They were due to take place in May and June.
CBSE a wait-and-watch situation
CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) is India’s biggest board, with thousands of students in dozens of affiliated schools here. It has two exams; one for Grade 10 and the other for Grade 12.
The Grade 10 exam has been cancelled. The results of Grade 10 will be prepared on the basis of an “objective criterion” to be developed by the CBSE. Schools are awaiting further communication on this criterion from the CBSE. However, some principals believe that internal schools assessments and pre-board examinations should provide enough performance data for each studen