CBSE Board Exams Have Been Cancelled, ICSE Board Follows

CBSE Board Exams have been cancelled for all students of classes 10 and 12 across India. The examinations, which were postponed due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic in the country, were scheduled to be held from 1 to 15 July 2020. The decision to cancel exams was conveyed by the Central Board of Secondary Education to the Supreme Court.

Students and parents had been demanding the cancellation of exams due to the rising number of cases from several days. Trends such as HealthOverExams, and StudentsLivesMatter received thousands of tweets every day. With Unlock 1 now effectively in place in India, and the rising number of COVID-19 cases, several people have raised concerns. “Is conducting exams more important to the CBSE than our lives? Please it’s a request not to put out lives on stake,” said some of the tweets from parents and students.

Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta says that as soon as conditions will be conducive, CBSE could conduct the CBSE class twelve examinations for students who opt for it. He also added that the board has a method wherein students will be awarded marks based on the performance in the past three examinations.

After the CBSE decision was issued, ICSE board exams stand cancelled as well. “We are in principle agreeable to the CBSE proposition. We will also cancel the Class 10 and Class 12 exams. We will declare the assessment results at once. Later, we may hold the board exams, said Senior Advocate Jaideep Gupta, according to Bar and Bench.