ISSUE DATE: May 3, 2021
UPDATED: April 24, 2021 12:20 IST
Students at a primary school in Srinagar line up for a temperature check before entering the building.
On April 14, while India was being buffetted by a second wave of the coronavirus, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) decided to cancel board examinations for class 10 and postpone the examinations for class 12, which were scheduled to be held between May 4 and June 10. The decision was taken at a meeting attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
Another pan-India board, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), has cancelled the class 10 and postponed the class 12 examinations. The International Baccalaureate (IB) board has gone a step further and also cancelled its class 12 exams and announced that it will take the “non-examination route” in India. Several state boards, too, have either cancelled or postponed their examination or a
Coal town schools reopen after nine months Classes held on rotational basis, 30 per cent students with parents consent letter allowed
All government schools reopened in the district as per the state government order observing the laid guidelines on Monday. In some public schools pre-board examinations were held observing the state government guidelines but a majority of the public schools have decided to open two-three days later after making necessary preparations.
Talking to the Telegraph Online on Monday, Principal of BSS Ucchh Vidyalaya, Anjali Gupta said, “We have opened the school today for Class X and XII observing all the Covid guidelines like carrying out sanitization of the entire campus, ensuring all students and staff are wearing a mask, obtaining the consent letter of the parents, etc.”