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Home / West-bengal / Calcutta / ISC and CBSE schools reach out and try to help students beat fear of results, college admissions ISC and CBSE schools reach out and try to help students beat fear of results, college admissions The teachers are informally reaching out to pupils and counselling them following the cancellation of the Class XII board examinations
Several ISC and CBSE schools are holding meetings with students of the outgoing Class XII batch to address their concerns and fears about results, college admissions and other such issues.
In some schools teachers are informally reaching out to students and counselling them following the cancellation of the Class XII board examinations by both the ICSE council and CBSE.
Teachers test Covid positive, Calcutta schools struggle Substitute tutors are being assigned or other mentors are sharing the correction load for those who are unwell
Several schools are struggling to hold classes and having to make adjustments after a number of teachers have been infected with the coronavirus, principals said.
At a few schools, some classes have been suspended or temporarily cancelled. The classes will be rescheduled once the teachers recover. Several schools are assigning substitute teachers and combining sections. At some, teachers are sharing the correction load for those who are unwell.
In most cases, teachers themselves are infected, while some are busy taking care of Covid patients at home.
Schools are flooded with queries from parents and students on whether CBSE and ICSE board exams will be held on schedule as Covid-19 cases are rising across the country.
The CBSE Classes X and XII, ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) theory papers are scheduled to start on May 4.
Several school heads said the preparation for the exams was on across schools but there was an “increasing uneasiness” among the students and teachers.
For both ICSE and ISC exams, admit cards have been distributed, answer sheets have reached schools and invigilation rosters across schools are ready. Question papers usually come 10 days before the start of the exam, at least two principals said.
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