College admission worries of CBSE Grade 12 students addressed
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School heads ask students to stay clam and focused as adjustments would follow after postponement of exams
As parents and students clamoured for certainty around the postponed CBSE Grade 12 exams, school heads offered assurance that necessary adjustments should follow so that graduates could move on to university life. For now, ‘stay calm, stay focused’ was their advice.
When India’s Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced the cancellation of Grade 10 exams and the postponement for Grade 12 earlier this week, the decision was met with a mix of relief, confusion, and disappointment. While tenth-graders could now shelve their reviewers, those in Grade 12 had to deal with a big question: “What will happen to our college admissions?”