Ministry of Human Resource and Development today ordered Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and all educational institutions to postpone ongoing exams till 31 March amid ongoing novel coronavirus spread. This includes class 10, class 12 board examinations.
Moreover, the ministry also added that all the evaluation work should get rescheduled after 31 March. This includes all evaluation work of CBSE, NIOS, University Exams.
JEE Mains will also get rescheduled and new dates of would be announced after 31 March, 2020, the ministry said in a statement.
Besides Class 10 and 12 of exams for CBSE-affiliated schools, the order also applies to exams organised by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) and all autonomous organisations under the education ministry.
The ICSE 2020 exams for class 10 and ISC 2020 exams for class 12 have been postponed in view of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a notification released by the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE). The revised dates for conduct of the remaining papers will be notified in due course of time, the notice read.
This is what the CISCE said in its notification:
“In view of Covid-19 spreading across the country, and with much uncertainty and speculation in the air, the Council, in the interest of the health and well-being of the students and the tesching community, has decided to postpone all ICSE and ISC 2020 exam scheduled to be conducted between the period March 19 to March 31, 2020.
All evaluation work of CBSE, NIOS, University Exams should get rescheduled after 31 March- as per the Ministry’s statement. Also, the reschedule and the new dates for the JEE Mains exam would be announced after 31 March 2020.
During the aforementioned period, re-examinations that were rescheduled to be held for northeast Delhi candidates will also be further rescheduled, said CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi.
“While maintenance of academic calendar and exam schedule is important, equally important is safety and security of students who are appearing in various examinations as also of their teachers and parents,” HRD secretary Amit Khare said in official communication.
The Health Ministry on Wednesday said that the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in India rose to 151, including 25 foreign nationals.
According to the health ministry, India’s total number of cases stands at 151. Globally, the number of cases has reached over 200,000, and there have been over 8,010 reported deaths across 157 countries.
