- The board examinations for classes 10 and 12, that were postponed due to Coronavirus lockdown, will now be held from July 1 to July 15, 2020.
- Exams scheduled between March 19 to 31 were deferred for both Classes.
- The JEE Mains exam is now scheduled between July 19 and July 23, while NEET entrance will be held on July 26, 2020.
- The government also directed CBSE to promote all the students — from class 1 to 9 — without examinations, except students of 10th grade.
In March, the ministry had directed all the educational institutions — including the
Exams scheduled between March 19 to 31 were deferred for both Classes. “All ongoing examinations of the board for Classes-10th and 12th, being held in examination centres in India and abroad, and scheduled between 19.03.2020 to 31.3.20 (both dates inclusive), shall be rescheduled after 31st March, 2020,” CBSE said earlier.
The board had also called off the Class X and Class XII exams in the violence-hit Northeast Delhi — that were supposed to take place in the last week of February. Even these re-examinations were rescheduled.
On May 5, the Ministry announced the new dates for the competitive exams — JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) Mains and NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test). The JEE Mains exam is now scheduled between July 19 and July 23, while NEET entrance will be held on July 26, 2020.
Meanwhile, the evaluation work was also put on hold during this time. On similar lines, the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad also halted the marksheet evaluation process of class 10th and 12th board exams in the wake of coronavirus — after several teachers refused to show up at the evaluation centres.
The government also directed CBSE to promote all the students — from class 1 to 11 — without examinations, except students of 10th grade.
This will impact over a million students who were agonising over the postponement of exams and the lack of clarity on dates. "In view of the current situation due to Coronavirus, I have advised CBSE to promote all students studying in classes 1-8 to the next grade," Ramesh Pokhriyal, the HRD Minister tweeted on April 1, 2020.
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