The pending class 10 and 12 board exams between July 1 to 15
India: The pending class 10 and 12 board exams of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which were postponed due to the coronavirus lockdown, will now be conducted from July 1 to 15, Indian HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal announced on Friday.
The schedule has been decided in order to ensure that the exams are completed before competitive examinations such as engineering entrance JEE-Mains, scheduled from July 18-23, and medical entrance exam NEET on July 26.
“The students have been impatiently waiting for the schedule for pending exams. It has been decided today that the exams will be conducted from July 1 to 15,” said Pokhriyal.
Universities and schools across the country have been closed and exams postponed since March 16 when the Centre announced a countrywide classroom shutdown as one of the measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. Later, a nationwide lockdown was announced on March 24, which has now been extended till May 17.
