India: Delhi schools recommend cancellation of CBSE Class XII exams

New Delhi - Students, teachers and their families apprehensive about holding exams due to severity of second wave of pandemic

Both the government-run and private school administrations in the national capital have recommended that the Class XII board exams (CBSE board) should be cancelled in view of the severe pandemic situation, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, said on Saturday.

Sisodia's statement came after he held a meeting on Saturday with the principals and teachers of both Delhi government-run and private schools of the national capital to discuss and solicit suggestions on the matter.

"Keeping in mind the severity of the second wave of the pandemic and the emergence of new variants like black fungus etc., many students, teachers and their families are apprehensive about holding the Class XII board exams.

"They feel that the exam centers might become super spreaders. They have recommended that the most appropriate decision with regard to Class XII board exams would be to completely cancel them," Sisodia said.

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank is scheduled to chair a virtual meeting with the state education ministers and senior officials to discuss the Class XII board exams on Sunday.

Sisodia also held a virtual meeting with several students and parents, all eager to know the fate of the crucial board exams in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic.