No exams for Class 10, except in northeast Delhi. Class 12 exams will be held in subjects like business studies, geography, Hindi, home science, sociology, among others.
In a live interaction with parents on Twitter, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal also asked them to motivate their children to utilise this time by preparing for pending exams.
CBSE officials say evaluation in subjects for which exams are not being held will be done on the basis of internal assessment and performance of the student through the year.
CBSE, which had to postpone exams because of the lockdown, said exams will be held only for subjects that are crucial for admissions to higher education institutions.
The CBSE advisory, issued Tuesday, also stated that all examination centres should have rows of benches placed at a distance of one meter from each other.
Board exams were postponed until 29 Feb after riots in Northeast Delhi. CBSE will now conduct papers from Monday, says will hold fresh exams for students not able to appear.
Class X and XII students of a private school said the centre allotted to them by the CBSE was situated in Chandu Nagar-Karawal Nagar road, one of the violence-hit areas.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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