The Centre on Tuesday announced that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Classes X and XII examinations will start on May 4 and will end on June 10, 2021.
Nearly 30 lakh students are set to appear for the CBSE Board exam 2021 this year. The The results of examinations will be declared on July 15, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced on Twitter.
Class XII Board exams would be conducted in two shifts to reduce the number of days of the conduct of examinations, the CBSE said.
In second shift, exams of the subjects which are not offered by the students of schools situated abroad will be conducted, it added.
In second shift, exams on 4 days will be conducted. On these days, in morning shift, exams of Class X of main subjects will be conducted in which maximum number of exam centres will be used. During afternoon shift, only in a few exam centres, exams will be conducted.
The CBSE said no school staff who had worked in morning shift will be given duty in afternoon shift, to de-burden them and keeping in view the coronavirus pandemic. This year, fewer dates are taken to conduct the examinations from last years. In 2020, exam schedule was of 45 days. However, in 2021, exam schedule is of 39 days. Accordingly, 6 days less is taken to conduct exams in 2021, the CBSE said.
In Class X, examinations of 75 subjects and in Class XII, exams of 111 subjects will be conducted. The CBSE said that the datesheet has been prepared in a manner that on any day, total number of students in an exam centre would not be more. This will help the exam centres in strictly following the Covid safety norms and management of the examination, it said.
Wednesday, 03 February 2021 | PNS | New Delhi
