New Delhi: Any decision on the fate of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class XII examinations as well as other professional courses examinations have been deferred till May 25. It was decided that States and Union Territories “may like to further examine the matter” and send their feedback in writing by May 25 ,2021.
A meeting in this regard was called today by the Union Ministry of Education with the Education Ministers and Administrators of all States and Union Territories, to enable Central and State Boards and other examination agencies to be able to examine various options available in the present challenging circumstances through a consultation process.
The discussions were held around two themes – board exams to be conducted for Class XII by the CBSE and other State Boards and the All-India Entrance examinations for various higher education institutions and professional courses. Various options regarding the methodology, process, duration and timings of the exams were discussed.
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“The Ministry will consider all those suggestions and take a final decision soon,” Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who chaired the meeting, said, adding that the priority of the Government was to conduct all the examinations in a safe and secure environment.Today’s consultation was also was attended by Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Union Minister for Women and Child Development and Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Minister for Forest, Environment and Climate Change and Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar and Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre. Besides, Chief Minister of Jharkhand and Goa, Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi and State Education Ministers, State Education Secretaries, Chairpersons of Examination Boards , Administrators of Union territories, Secretaries of Higher Education Department and School Education Department of Government of India, Chairman CBSE, UGC and AICTE, DG NTA and several other officials also attended the meeting. Secretary, Higher Education Amit Khare; Secretary, School Education Anita Karwal were also present.
Pokhariyal said keeping in view the present circumstances it was decided to cancel the CBSE Board examinations of Class X and evaluate through internal assessment “but Class-XII examinations are very important to decide the future of a student”. He assured that the deliberations with all stakeholders in the meeting today will help in reaching a suitable decision on Class XII exams in the interest of all the students and ensuring a bright future for our children.
Earlier on April 14, 2021, the Central Board of Secondary Education had notified that Class XII exams had been postponed and that further information with regard to Class XII board exams would be given to students by the 1st of June. In this context, following the consultative meeting with the States and UTs today, the Government of India will examine the suggestions received from the various State Governments this week and convey further information in this regard to the students by or before the 1st of June 2021.
– global bihari bureau
