Taking into consideration the academic interest of large number of students, the Centre has decided to grant lockdown exemption to conduct Board Examinations for Classes 10th and 12th.
Home Minister Amit Shah said that the pending CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 board exams can be conducted during the nationwide lockdown in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Two days ago, the HRD Ministry announced the schedule of pending examination of the CBSE board exams for Class 10 and 12. The examinations will be conducted between July 1 to July 15 for 29 major subjects — including six exams for Class 10 students for North-East Delhi and 12 subjects for students of Class 12 to be held across the country.
While wearing of face masks by teachers, staff and students will be mandatory, there shall be provision of thermal screening and sanitizer at the centres and social distancing in all the examination centres.
Taking to Twitter, Shah also said that the examination process has been exempted from the lockdown measures with few conditions like social distancing, wearing of face mask among others for the safety of the students and teachers.