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Home / West-bengal / Calcutta / ICSE, ISC exams put off till June in view of Covid surge ICSE, ISC exams put off till June in view of Covid surge Council’s options will confuse students, say teachers
The ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) exams have been deferred at least till the first week of June, the ICSE council announced on Friday.
The ICSE candidates will be given the option of writing an offline exam along with Class XII students or not writing, a choice that several teachers said was “unfair” and will further “confuse and stress out” students.
The ICSE council said the Covid situation would be closely monitored and the deferment of the ICSE and ISC 2021 examinations will be “reviewed and a final decision on the conduct of the board exams be taken by the first week of June”.
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Several schools have decided to stagger their reopening and only call to the campus the students of Classes X and XII for now.
The state government has allowed schools to reopen for Classes IX to XII, but several heads said their focus was on the students preparing for the board exams who need to test their preparedness.
The phased reopening will help schools space out students and not crowd the campuses at any point of time, at least two school heads said.
La Martiniere for Girls, St James’ School, South Point and Sri Sri Academy will start with Classes X and XII. Modern High School for Girls and Mahadevi Birla World Academy are starting with only Class XII.