The pending Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10, 12 board exams, which were postponed due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown, will now be held from July 1 to 15, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' announced on Friday.
Earlier, the CBSE had said that the students will be given at least 10 days’ notice before the exams are held. The exam schedule is announced keeping in mind the JEE and NEET exams which would be held from July 18 and July 26 respectively.
"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," the minister said.
A detailed exam schedule is expected later in the evening.
The results of these exams are expected to be out by the end of August before the merit list for JEE Advanced will be announced by Indian Institutes of Technology, say media reports.
Exams will be conducted for business studies, geography, Hindi (core), Hindi (elective), information practice (old), information practice (new), home science, sociology, computer science (old), computer science (new), information technology and bio-technology for Class 12, according to media reports.
Earlier, there were speculations that the pending Class 10 exams could be cancelled due to the continued lockdown. CBSE secretary Anurag Tripathy had fueled speculations when he said, ""As the minor subjects of Class 10 Board exams were pending, it can be cancelled.”
However, the board later scotched speculations. “With regards to conduct of Class 10 examinations... it is once again reiterated that remaining examinations will be conducted by CBSE. It is once again clarified that adequate time of 10 days will be given to all stakeholders before starting the examinations," the board said in a statement.
"It is also informed examinations of all subjects of Class 10 and 12, as mentioned in Press Release, will be conducted after assessing the situation after the lockdown is over," it had said.
