CBSE Board Exam news 2021: CBSE, Education Ministry to reconsider its decision to hold board exams next month?

Amid a surge in coronavirus cases in India, CBSE board students have been demanding to cancel the class 10th and class 12th board examinations. However, the board has clarified that the CBSE board exams 2021 will be held via offline mode on the scheduled dates by following COVID-19 safety guidelines.

This year, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the Class 10, 12 boards exams from May 4.

Amid all clarification by board officials, media reports are claiming that both the Education Ministry and the CBSE officials are planning whether the class 10, 12 board exams should be deferred since COVID-19 cases are rising day by day.

According to a report in Indian Express, sources close to the Education Ministry told that it is difficult to conduct the board exams at this time. The government is open to reconsidering its decision of holding the exams from May 4. While CBSE officials are of the view that it was too early to make any changes in the exam date sheet, reported IE.

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Not only, students, teachers, and parents are demanding to postpone the exams but politicians and celebrities have also urged the government to cancel the board exams amid a rise in COVID-19 cases in the country.

Earlier, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wrote to Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, “The Government and the CBSE board might want to consider whether they are prepared to own the legal liability for students or others who might be severely affected by the disease in this manner.”

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Bollywood actor Sonu Sood also extended his support to people who are demanding to postponed the CBSE Board exams. “I request everyone to support students who are forced to appear for offline board exams in these tough times. With the number of cases rising to 145k a day I feel there should be an internal assessment method to promote them rather than risking so many lives”, the actor tweeted along with a video appeal,” wrote Sonu Sood.

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