Class 12 Board Exams 2021 News Updates: After CBSE, CISCE, NIOS on Friday cancelled Class 12 board exams. Many states like Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra scrapped the class 12 board exams on Thursday. The union government announced the cancellation of the CBSE and CISCE class 12 exams on June 1. Following the Centre’s decision, more states called off their board exams, a few others said they will take a call soon.
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Rajasthan, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have also cancelled the Class 12 state board exams. Others including Assam, Telangana and Punjab are yet to announce the final decision. A final decision on West Bengal, Jharkhand state board exams in also awaited.
The CBSE on Friday constituted a committee to decide well-defined objective criteria for the evaluation of Class 12 students. The committee will submit its report within 10 days. Read less
The “cancelboardexams” hashtag had been trending on Twitter for a fortnight and gave way to the “boardexamscancelled” chorus within minutes of the announcement. The government on Tuesday decided to cancel the CBSE Class 12 board exams amid the COVID-19 pandemic with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that the decision has been taken in the interest of students and the anxiety among students, parents, and teachers must be put to an end.
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Students of class 10 will be able to collect their question papers and answer sheets from June 21 to June 25. They will have to submit them between June 26-30. Class 12 students will be able to collect the required question papers and answer sheets from July 1-7 and can submit them from July 6-10. The exam schedule is applied to students appearing for both main and improvement exams.
The Chhattisgarh State Open School has released the datasheet for higher secondary (Class 10) and high school (Class 10) board exams. Students will be able to collect question papers and answer sheet from the designated exam centres. Students will have to submit the answer sheets within 5 days of receiving them. The exams will begin on June 21 and conclude on July 5.
After CBSE, CISCE and several state boards, the Odisha CHSE Board Class 12 exams have been cancelled, in the wake of the prevailing pandemic. Students' lives more important than any exam," says CM Naveen Patnaik.
Following the Centre’s decision, more states called off their board exams, a few others said they will take a call soon. Rajasthan, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Uttarakhand have also cancelled the Class 12 board exams. Haryana and Jharkhand too have scrapped Class 12 exams this week. States including Punjab, Assam, Odisha and Tamil Nadu are yet to announce their final take on Class 12 board exams. Read more.
The fresh dates of the SSLC exams and the timetable will be announced 20 days before the examination will be held, said Kumar adding that the students who are not able to appear for exams due to COVID-19 and in other states will be examined at a later date, Kumar said. For SSLC exams, over 8.75 lakh students will take exams in over 6000 centers across the state and the number of exam centers is doubled from last year to ensure social distancing. Only vaccinated teachers will be invigilators for the SSLC examination.
SSLC-10th exams will be held for two days. The first paper is Science, Maths, Social Science will be clubbed in one paper and the Second paper is Languages. SSLC examination is likely to be scheduled for the third week of July. No one will be marked as failed in this exam, Education Minister Suresh Kumar informed.
The Karnataka government has decided on Friday to cancel the II PUC exam, however, the government will go ahead with class 10-SSLC exams with only multiple-choice type questions (MCQs). This makes Karnataka the only state to go forward with the decision to hold state board examinations for Class 10 (SSLC).
For the promotion of UP Board Class 10 students, an average of marks scored in Class 9 and Class 10 pre-board exams will be calculated. The result will be mentioned as the final score in the marksheet. If the student has not appeared for the pre-board or Class 9 exam, then we will give a general promotion for now. Next year, the student will have an option to appear for the exams to improve their marks
In a tweet in Hindi, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday, “In the present circumstances amid the Covid pandemic, the safety of children’s health is our priority. Taking inspiration from the Prime Minister, the UP government has decided not to hold Class 10 and 12 board examinations.”
Following CBSE’s decision to scrap its Class 12 exams this year amid the second wave of the Covid pandemic, the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday cancelled the Class 12 (intermediate) examination of its state board. The students will be promoted on the basis of their average marks scored in previous exams, the government said. Read more.
The Maharashtra government on Thursday made a formal announcement following a go-ahead from the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA). The SDMA, which is headed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, gave the final approval to the proposal submitted by the state school education department on Wednesday. Read more.
The state board examinations for Classes 10 and 12 in Maharashtra have been cancelled this year in view of the prevailing coronavirus pandemic, minister Vijay Wadettiwar announced on Thursday. Relief and rehabilitation minister Wadettiwar said, "The state board exams of Classes 12 and 10 are cancelled. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had already indicated about it in his earlier address to the state. A (formal) decision was taken today."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a surprise move joined a session with CBSE students organized by the Education Ministry today. As per the reports by the ANI news agency, he also interacted with the parents of the students during the meet and had a chat with them on the issues and concerns of students and their parents.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said a decision on holding the class 12 exams in the state will be taken after the CBSE announces modalities for marking the students. "We welcome the decision. We will wait till the CBSE announces the modalities for marking the students. We will have to take a practical decision as a guardian and take into consideration the students who aspire to pursue medical or engineering courses and what will be the admission criteria for them, he said. PTI.
Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE) today announced the result of the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) 2021. The candidates can check the results through the official website of MBSE at mbse.edu.in. The MBSE HSLC or Class 10 theory exams were conducted from April 1-20. Read more
CBSE evaluation criteria for Class 12 are under consideration and it would take upto 2 weeks. Experts would look at all the possibilities and make a decision. If students would not satisfied with the evaluation process then an option of re-exam is available for them after COVID: CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi
We are making sure that students do not face any issues when it comes to results. Want to assure students that they will have their results before admissions to higher universities begin: CBSE secretary Anurag Tripathi -- ANI
“After assessment of different states the PM has cancelled Class 10 and 12 board exams for the CBSE board. The UP Madhyamik Siksha Parishad (UPMSP) is the biggest education board in the country with a history of over 100 years and around 56 lakh students appearing for exams. For the first time in our 100 year-long history, we will not have high-school and intermediate board examination. We already have cancelled class 10 exams, and today we have decided to cancel the class 12 exams too keeping in mind the corona infection,” said Dinesh Sharma, Deputy CM of Uttar Pradesh. Read more
Attorney General K K Venugopal and advocate J K Das, appearing for the CISCE said that the boards required more time to formulate the well-defined objective criteria for the assessment of class 12 students and the court may defer the hearing for at least two weeks. The bench said, “You (CISCE) can do it overnight. Four weeks’ time is a little longer. We cannot give you 3-4 weeks’ time. Please place it before us in two weeks as students will have to take admissions in colleges. Nowadays all communication is happening virtually.”
The SC on Thursday said it was happy to note that the government has cancelled the class 12 board exams, and directed the CBSE and CICSE to place on record well-defined objective criteria for assessment of students in two weeks. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari asked Attorney General K K Venugopal and advocate J K Das, appearing for the CISCE, to place on record the parameters within two weeks. Read more.
“A review meeting is likely to be conducted soon to decide on a schedule of the pending editions of JEE-Main (April and May) and whether NEET-UG can be conducted on August 1,” a source said. The cancellation of class 12 board exams by the Centre on June 1 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation will bring more clarity. Read more
Uttar Pradesh Class 12 Intermediate Board Exams 2021 have been cancelled by the state government today: Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma
After CBSE, CISCE and several states have cancelled Class 12 exams, students of states like Assam and Karnataka are demanding scrapping of board exams. Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar on Wednesday said an appropriate decision will be taken soon on holding board exams in the state. "Regarding holding SSLC (class 10) and second year Pre-University (class 12) exams, an appropriate decision will be taken at the earliest," the Minister said in a statement.
"Hon'ble Supreme Court has asked the Govt to place on record the objective methodology within 2 weeks so that result can be declared on time. Assurance has been given that the interest of all students CBSE, ICSE and other State Boards will be taken care of," tweeted Mamta Sharma, the advocate who had moved the court with the plea demanding cancellation of Class 12 board exams.
During the hearing of the plea that demanded cancellation of class 12 board exams, the Supreme Court today said that the central board will have to share the objective criteria for evaluation students within the next two weeks.
The Ministry of Education will soon review the situation to decide on conducting the two remaining editions of engineering entrance exams JEE Main (April and May) and medical entrance exam NEET in August, sources said on Wednesday. “A review meeting is likely to be conducted soon to decide whether NEET-UG can be conducted on August 1,” a source said. Read more.
Most entrance exams, including JEE Main (April) 2021, have been postponed amid the COVID-19, but those appearing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) seem to be worried for want of updates on the medical entrance exam. While it was announced last month NEET-UG 2021 will be held on August 1, there has been no update about the application process or any other details since then. Read more.
The state government on Wednesday formed a six-member expert committee to suggest ways of conducting the exams and evaluating papers during the Covid-19 situation. The panel has been asked to submit its report to the government within 72 hours. Read more.
The Council for Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) Odisha is yet to make a final decision on Class 12 board exams 2021. In 2020, the council had cancelled the remaining exams of class 12 and had evaluated students based on an alternative scheme. For the students who had appeared in more than three papers, the average of the marks in theory obtained in the best three exams were awarded for the subjects for which exams could not be held.
The Rajasthan state government on Wednesday decided to cancel the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) Class 10 and 12 board exams 2021. In a statement, the state government informed that the medical experts have warned that children may be more prone to infection in a possible third wave of COVID-19. Therefore, it has been decided to cancel the examinations of classes 10 and 12 conducted by the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education. Read more.
After the central government decided to cancel the CBSE Class 12 board exams this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the decision was taken after an extensive consultative process and that this was the best and most student-friendly move. The central government received several inputs from across the country that were insightful, enabling it to take a "student-friendly" decision, he said. PTI.