Soon after the CBSE Class 12 examinations were postponed and Class 10 exams cancelled, the Congress took to social media and messaged “well done Modi ji”.
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had been rallying for putting off the board exams
The decision was taken by the Prime Minister after a meeting with Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ and other top officials amid growing demands for cancelling or postponing the board exams as Coronavirus cases have seen an unprecedented surge across the country in a deadly second wave.
“Well done Modi ji, listening to sound advice from Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi and the Congress will go a long way in mending our nation. It is our democratic duty to work together for the betterment of our people. It’s good to see BJP finally put nation over ego,” the Congress tweeted.
After the announcement, Priyanka Gandhi tweeted that a decision must be taken for Class 12 too.
“Glad the Government has finally cancelled the 10th standard exams however a final decision must be taken for the 12th grade too. Keeping students under undue pressure until June makes no sense. It’s unfair. I urge the Government to decide now,” she tweeted.
She had earlier said it would be “downright irresponsible” of boards like the CBSE to force students to sit for the exams in the circumstances. “Board exams should either be cancelled, rescheduled or arranged in a manner that does not require the physical presence of children at crowded exam centres,” she wrote last week to Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank last week.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who had also urged the government to postpone or cancel the exams, also welcomed the move.
“I am glad that the exams have been cancelled/postponed. This is a great relief for lakhs of students and their parents,” he tweeted.