Union Human Resource Development Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal on Wednesday, 27 May, said that class 10 and 12 CBSE students who have travelled to different states, can appear for their pending board exams in the district that they are presently located.
“Class 10, 12 students who have moved to different state or district during lockdown can appear for pending board exams there,” said the HRD minister.
He added, “students not required to travel to previous board exam centre if they have moved to different state or district during lockdown.”
He continued, “Inform your respective school about the district that you are currently in, CBSE board will try to make all the arrangements for you to take your board exams in those districts.”
He also pointed out that in the first week of June the students will be informed about the school in which they will be able to write the exams.
Earlier this week, the minister had said that the number of CBSE exam centres had been increased from 3,000 to 15,000, reportedly to ensure social distancing.
However, in an earlier interview to DD News, Dr Pokhriyal had said that CBSE students will write their pending board exams in their own schools and won’t have to go to a different exam centre.
Clarifying the announcement of increased exam centres, a MHRD official said that number of centres have increased because not all schools were exam centres before. But, now that all schools sending students for board exams will become centres in themselves, the total number of such centres have increased.
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