The West Bengal authorities has determined to cancel the state board examinations of sophistication X and sophistication XII this yr in view of the COVID-19 disaster. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday introduced that it was determined to not conduct the Secondary (Class X) and Higher Secondary (Class XII) exams after receiving suggestions from dad and mom, college students and most of the people.
“We have received over 34,000 emails in such a short span of time. Out of the total feedback received, 79 per cent were against conducting the secondary examination and 83 per cent said that the higher secondary examination should be canceled this year. The expert committee has also said that the examination should not be conducted in this pandemic situation. Hence, we have decided not to conduct the state board exams this year,” Banerjee mentioned throughout a evaluation assembly on the state secretariat.
The state authorities had earlier requested dad and mom, college students and normal public to ship their views on whether or not state board exams ought to be held by 2 pm on Monday. The state authorities had constituted an knowledgeable committee to evaluation the present scenario and resolve whether or not it’s conducive to conduct the category XII board exams.
Both CBSE and CISCE have already canceled the board exams this yr as a result of pandemic scenario.
Banerjee mentioned, “We have to make sure that the scholars don’t face any downside. Keeping this in thoughts, the state schooling boards will resolve, together with the knowledgeable committee, how the scholars might be evaluated. All the state governments have taken such a call and Central boards have additionally canceled examinations this yr.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
