NEW DELHI: On Friday, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the Compartment Datesheet (September 2020) for Class 10th and 12th. The compartment examination for both Class 10 and 12 will commence from September 22, 2020.
Class X exam will conclude on September 28 whereas Class XII exam will end on September 29, 2020.
Answer books will be distributed to candidates between 10.00 A.M. – 10.15 A.M. Question paper will be distributed at 10.15 A.M. From 10.15 A.M. – 10.30 A.M. (15 minutes), candidates will be given to read the question paper. At 10.30 A.M. candidates will start writing the answers.
Earlier today, the CBSE told the Supreme Court that will conduct compartment exam for students of classes X and XII by September-end and examination centres have been increased to 1,278.
The Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna asked the CBSE to file an affidavit regarding the conduct of compartment examinations and posted the matter for hearing on September 10.
Advocate Rupesh Kumar appearing for the CBSE told the bench that all measures and precautions would be taken to hold compartment exams in the wake of COVID-19.
“Centres for compartment exams have been increased to 1,278. We (CBSE) can conduct exams. We have taken a decision that in a class where 40 students could sit, now only 12 will sit. We are taking all precautions for conducting exams. Today notification is expected to be issued,” CBSE counsel told the court.
