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New Delhi:
CBSE has released an important notification regarding Class 10 and Class 12 Board Exam 2020. In addition, CBSE has also released an update for students of Class 1 to 8 and Class 9 and 11. It is to note that CBSE had to postpone the Class 10 and Class 12 Examination between March 19 and Match 31 due to the outbreak of Coronavirus. As of now, the entire country is going through the phase of complete lockdown and CBSE is yet to release the revised board exam 2020 timetable. According to the official notification released by CBSE, the board will release the timetable 10 days before the commencement of the exams. Therefore students should not worry and carry on studying by staying at their respective homes.
CBSE has taken the decision to promote school students of Class 1 to class 8 to the next grade. In addition, the board has also decided to promote students of Class 9 and Class 11 on the basis of School-based assessments that includes project work, term exams, periodic exams, etc. Class 9 and class 11 students who are unable to clear their internal exams will have to appear for the school-based tests that will be conducted in offline or online mode.
As of now, the board has not released any revised board exam 2020 timetable for the exams that were being postponed during the period of March 19 to March 31, 2020. According to the official notification, the board is going to conduct the examinations of 29 subjects out of the total subjects that were being postponed due to the outbreak of Coronavirus. The board has chosen these 26 subjects on the basis of their importance for admission in higher educational institutes.
According to the official notification, Class 10 board exam 2020 at all India level is over and therefore no exam is going to be held after the lockdown period is over. However, CBSE is going to conduct the Class 10 Board exams for the subjects of Hindi Course A, Hindi Course B, English Communication, English Language & Literature, Science, and Social Science for the students of North-East Delhi Centres.
CBSE Class 12 Board Exam 2020 Update
The board will conduct the Class 12 Exam 2020 for the subjects of Business Studies, Geography, Hindi (Elective), Hindi (Core), Home Science, Sociology, Computer Science (Old), Computer Science (New), Information Practice (Old), Information Practice (new), Information Technology, and Bio-Technology for the students from All India Centres. In addition, the board will conduct the Class 12 Exam 2020 for the subjects of English Elective – N, English Elective - C, English Core, Mathematics, Economics, Biology, Political Science, History, Physics, Accountancy, and Chemistry for the students of North-East Delhi centres.
It is to note that CBSE Board has not released any revised timetable as and when the Class 10 and Class 12 Board Exams 2020 for these subjects will be held. For latest updates, CBSE has advised to check its official website, i.e. cbse.nic.in.
