Clarifying the confusion trending about class X board
examination, Central Board of Secondary Education released a statement stating that
the board will take examination of pending 19 major subjects for the students
of class X and class XII.
The statement was issued on Wednesday to clarify confusion
and speculations rising after the meeting between HRD Minister Ramesh
Pokhriyal, state education ministers and a statement given by CBSE secretary
Anurag Tripathi in an interview on Tuesday.
The major confusion rose regarding whether the CBSE Board
Exams 2020 is cancelled or not. Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia had suggested to
the HRD Ministry at the meeting that CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 students should
be promoted directly based on internal marks like the students of classes 9 and
11 as the board exams couldn’t be conducted in the Covid-19 lockdown.
The same was tweeted, where the confusion began. Further,
the statements issued in interview and meeting lead students to believe that class
X board examination were cancelled.
“Recently there has been a lot of speculation regarding 10th
CBSE Board exams. It is reiterated that the board’s decision to take board
exams for 29 subjects of class 10 and 12, stands the same as mentioned in
circular dated April 1, 2020,” CBSE controller of examination Dr Sanyam
Bhardwaj said in the release of official statement.
The Board added that all stakeholders would get 10-day
notice before the exams are conducted.
For class X, CBSE will conduct the examinations of only
those subjects whose examinations were postponed by the board. CBSE Class XII
board examination for which examination will be conducted after lockdown for
the entire country:
1.
Business Studies
2.
Geography
3.
Hindi (Elective)
4.
Hindi (Core)
5.
Home Science
6.
Sociology
7.
Computer Science (Old)
8.
Computer Science (New)
9.
Information Practice (Old)
10.
Information Practice(new)
11.
Information Technology
12.
Bio-Technology