Lockdown Opened Up for Board Exams
In interest of large
number of students, conduct of 10th and 12th Board Examinations exempted from
Lockdown Measures: Shri Amit Shah
Different Boards to
Stagger their Examination Schedules; Adherence to Health/Hygiene Protocols
Mandatory
New Delhi, May 20, 2020
Taking into consideration the academic interest of large
number of students, it has been decided to grant exemption to conduct Board
Examinations for Classes 10th and 12th from the lockdown measures, tweeted Union
Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah.
As opening of schools had been prohibited under the
guidelines on lockdown measures, the annual board examinations being conducted
by State Education Boards/ CBSE/ ICSE etc. for classes 10th and 12th had been suspended.
Requests were received from State Governments and CBSE for conducting the Board
examinations.
Considering this the Union Ministry for Home Affairs
(MHA) has written to all States/UTs detailing the conditions to be followed for
conducting the examinations. These are:
• In Containment zones, no examination centre
would be permitted.
• Wearing of face masks by teachers. staff
and students would be mandatory.
• There should be provision of thermal screening and sanitizer at the
centres and social distancing in all the examination centres.
• In view of examination to be conducted by different Boards, their
examination schedules should be staggered.
• Special buses may be arranged by the States and UTs for
transportation of the students to the examination centres.