CBSE Class 10, 12 exam dates 2021: The dates of the 2021 CBSE board examinations will be announced on December 31 evening, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal announced on Saturday. Pokhriyal made this announcement via social media on Saturday night, stating “I will announce the date that exams will begin for students taking CBSE board exams in 2021”, at 6 pm on the 31st. from December.
So far, the central board has made two important announcements about the 2021 board exams: that they will not start in January or February and that they will be conducted as written physicals and not online exams.
📢Attention students and parents!
Shri Union Minister of Education @DrRPNishank announce the start date of exams for students who sit #CBSE board exams in 2021.
Follow the Twitter account ‘@DrRPNishank‘to stay updated! pic.twitter.com/Qa4UzRyqO5
– Ministry of Education (@EduMinOfIndia) December 26, 2020
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There have been calls for the board to hold exams later than usual to give students time for offline teaching-learning interaction with their teachers at school before taking exams. The Delhi government, which runs CBSE-affiliated public schools in lieu of a state board, had asked the central government that board exams not be held before May 2021 to give students “reasonable time to study in the schools”.
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