10th and 12th board examinations to be completed in 39 days
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the datasheet for class 10 and 12 board examinations. On the examination starting May 4, the board says that the datasheet has been released 3 months ago so that the students can make their study plan and overcome the problems of studying during Covid-19. Class 12 exams are kept in two shifts so that the exams are over soon. This time the board exams of both the classes will end in 39 days, in 2020 they lasted for 45 days.
Announcing the release of the CBSE Board's date sheet on Tuesday, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said, "There has been a good gap between the main subjects for both the classes so that the CBSE of students released the board examination date sheet on Tuesday. There will be board exams for 75 subjects in class 10 and 111 subjects in class 12. Class 12 exams will run from May 4 to June 11 and Class 10 exams will run from May 4 to June 7.
CBSE Examination Controller Dr Sanyam Bhardwaj said, Class 12 board exams are placed in two shifts, so that the days of conducting the examinations are shorter. In the second shift, there will be examinations of subjects which are not taught in schools abroad. The second shift will have four days of exams. These include vocational courses including language subjects. In these four-day morning shifts, the main subject of class 10 exams have been kept, in which the examination center will be the busiest. In the second shift, exams will be held in lower examination centers. Morning shift will be from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm and day shift will be from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. The full date sheet can be viewed at cbse.nic.in.
The board said that the staff who work in the morning shift, their duty will not be imposed in the day shift, so that they do not have to bear this work during the epidemic. The CBSE Examination Controller said that the datasheet has been prepared taking full care of the rescue from Covid-19. It has been kept in mind that the number of examination center students should not be more than one day.
Giving his best wishes to the students, the education minister said, "You have given the exam in the last year in the most difficult situation with full force and will give it even further." The Corona crisis is slowly going away. Vaccines have also arrived in the country. Use the time properly to prepare for the exam and remain vigilant.
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