Over 1 Lakh Students Want Board Exams Cancelled Due To COVID, But CBSE, ICSE Stick To Schedule
Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, over one lakh students of classes 10 and 12 have signed petitions urging the government to either cancel board exams scheduled to be held in May or conduct them in online mode.
Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, over one lakh students of classes 10 and 12 have signed petitions urging the government to either cancel board exams scheduled to be held in May or conduct them in online mode.
The hashtag "cancelboardexams2021" has been trending on Twitter for the past two days.
CBSE, ICSE assure 'adequate arrangement'
However, both the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) have said that adequate safety arrangements are being made for students and all COVID-19 guidelines will be followed during the exams.
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"Adequate arrangements are being made to ensure the students are safe and all COVID protocols are followed. The number of exam centres has been increased by 40-50 per cent to ensure social distancing. The staff at exam centres is being sensitised to ensure all guidelines are followed," a senior CBSE official told news agency Press Trust of India.
"The situation in India is getting worse day by day. When there were only a few cases in the country, they cancelled the remaining board exams and now when the cases are at a peak they are planning to open schools. We urge the education minister to look into this matter and cancel all examinations to be held this year as students are already under a lot of stress," a petition on Change.org said.
Wah! Our PM himself goes for only for online meeting and we students have to attend offline exam @narendramodi are we not human being .Sir conduct all you meeting offline including 1 Then I will write offline exams#cancelboardexams2021 #Examwarrior pic.twitter.com/vpge0luvDf
¡ª Anjali (@Anjali43729465) April 8, 2021
#cancelboardexams2021
¡ª #cancelboardexams2021 (@JyotiNagarkoti4) April 8, 2021
Students demand.
Health is more important then exams. pic.twitter.com/AQwEs8XhyL
Please read this and lets make it reach to the officials lets email them this, lets unite and do this #cancelboardexams2021 pic.twitter.com/jIJRHHnXFG
¡ª Sakshi (@Sakshi74322125) April 7, 2021
THEY STILL WANT TO CONDUCT OFFLINE EXAMS
¡ª Sayan Haldar (@SayanHa19650729) April 7, 2021
PLEASE AGAIN #cancelboardexams2021 pic.twitter.com/vcwv8t8wa9
Hundreds of students message me to support #CancelBoardExams2021 but as some of the states has been fixed the class 10 & 12 exam in June, I feel better to postpone till June or conduct in online mode. That will be the best solution.
¡ª Licypriya Kangujam (@LicypriyaK) April 8, 2021
I will always stand with the students. ?
Divya Garg, a class 10 student, on Twitter urged the government to postpone the exams for at least a month and then take a further review based on the number of cases.
"The students have already faced a lot of problems till now in this pandemic. Classes were held online so the exams should also be held online or students should be promoted via internal assessment marks," another user tweeted.
Usually, practical exams are conducted in January and written exams begin in February and conclude in March. However, the exams were delayed and are scheduled to be held in May-June in view of the pandemic.
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The board had last week announced that if any student fails to appear for ongoing practical exams after the student or any family member testing positive, the schools will conduct re-tests for them at an appropriate time.
Similarly, Gerry Arathoon, the chief executive and secretary at CISCE, said the schedule for exams "will remain the same".
Schools across the country were closed in March last year to contain the spread of COVID-19 ahead of a nationwide lockdown.
