The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) can hold class 10, class 12 board exams in 2021 earlier than expected to take competitive exams like NEET, JEE, etc., on time. But the CBSE has yet to make any official announcement about it.
Sources claimed that the CBSE has already started the process for conducting Class 10, 12 exams earlier than expected in 2021 and has completed the Candidate List, Examination Forms (LOC) process. Several CBSE affiliated schools are also making efforts to follow their schedule to complete the curriculum on time so that students will not have problems if the exams are taken earlier than expected.
Some reports claimed that the CBSE plans to shorten the curriculum or delay exams from 45 to 60 days, as normal classes across the country were suspended for more than 6 months due to the coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent announced lockdown to curb the spread of the lethal. virus.
It should be remembered that the BSE had postponed the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) due to the coronavirus. The exam was previously scheduled to take place on July 5, 2020, but will now take place on January 31, 2021.
According to the PTI news agency, several school principals in the national capital and adjacent areas are not in favor of postponing the CBSE board examinations next year in view of the continued closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic. School principals believe that the postponement of the board examinations will not be a correct move, as it will affect the timing of the higher education entrance exams and the admissions processes, which will be unsettling for students.
Last month, the Delhi government had written to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) not to hold the board exams next year before May and further reduce the curriculum as schools remain closed due to to the COVID-19 pandemic. Delhi Chief Deputy Minister Manish Sisodia also raised the issue at the NCERT council meeting last month, chaired by Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’.
In a letter to the CBSE, the Directorate of Education (DoE) had said that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large part of the time of the 2020-21 academic session (approximately seven months) could not be used for the process of teaching-learning in the classroom. as schools in Delhi are closed until October 31st.
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Universities and schools across the country were ordered to close on March 16 to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. On March 25, the Center announced a nationwide shutdown. While various restrictions have been gradually relaxed in different phases of the ‘unblocking’ since June 8, educational institutions remained closed.
However, according to the latest ‘Unlock 5’ guidelines, schools, universities and other educational institutions outside of the COVID-19 containment zones may reopen after October 15. The final decision on the reopening of the institutions was left to the states and territories of the Union. The Delhi government has decided to maintain the status quo on school closings until further orders.
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