The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered notice, returnable by June 23, on a PIL challenging the decision of the state government to cancel the public exams for 12th standard students, in view of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
Central Board of Secondary Education on Monday issued a notice announcing a change in the mode of school-based assessment for class 12th students.
TN HSC +2 Exams 2021: The Tamil Nadu government has cancelled the Class 12 board examinations or TN HSC +2 exams 2021 and said a committee would be set up to decide on awarding marks to students.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has constituted a high powered committee for setting a well-defined objective criteria for Class 12 Board Examination Assessment 2020-2021.
At least 7,000 Higher Secondary schools in the state have already compiled a detailed report based on the viewpoint of parents and teachers as directed by the Education department.
A big relief said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after the Centre on Tuesday announced that CBSE Class 12 board exams have been cancelled for academic session 2020-2021. The decision was taken after a crucial meeting that was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday wrote to Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank urging him to ensure vaccination for all students before conduction of Class 12 board exams.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday said holding the Class 12 board examinations in the state would not be appropriate in the wake of the present COVID-19 situation.
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Sunday asked states to send their detailed suggestions regarding the conduct of Class 12 board examinations in detail. Earlier in the day, a high-level meeting chaired by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was held to deliberate on the issue.
The Delhi government is not in favour of the CBSE exploring options to conduct the Class 12 board examinations and going ahead with the process without vaccinating the students will prove to be a big mistake, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Sunday.
It is expected that board exams for Class 12 will be conducted for only 20 subjects. A final decision on the matter is expected on Tuesday. The deliberations were made at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday.
The Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) will conduct its Class 12 exams from June 1.
The Education Ministers of States and Union Territories, Education Secretaries and Chairpersons of State Examination Boards and stakeholders, in presence of Union Ministers Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Prakash Javadekar, Smriti Irani are presently attending the meeting.
Rajnath Singh will chair a meeting with Group of Ministers (GOM) and all State Education Ministers on upcoming Board Examination tomorrow.
Raising concerns of the students, the India Wide Parents' Association, spearheaded by Anubha Shrivastava Sahai, wrote a letter to Prime Minister's Office on Monday. She suggested that students be assessed and evaluated via internal assessment.
AP Intermediate Exams 2021: The Andhra Pradesh government has postponed the year-end examinations for Intermediate (Class 12) students, "in deference to the suggestion of the High Court."
Amid rising COVID 19 cases in the state, Telangana Secondary School Certificate, TS SSC Class 10 exams have been cancelled, and TS Inter Class 12 exams have been postponed.
The final exams of Classes 10 and 12 of the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education are scheduled to be held from April 24.
In a notification on Wednesday, JMI said that in view of the rising coronavirus cases the scheduled Annual Board Examinations 2020-21 of regular and private students have been postponed with immediate effect. It added that the decision was on the lines of CBSE decisions on board exams.
The Himachal Pradesh education department on Wednesday decided to postpone the Class 10, Class 12 and Under Graduate examinations to May 17, 2021 in view of increasing COVID19 cases in the state.
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