The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to conduct the remaining class 12th exams in the first two weeks of July, as per media reports. HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal is expected to release the revised schedule this week for the pending CBSE class 12th board 2020 exam.
The source said that the government has decided that the class 12th exam should be completed before JEE Main. The NIT entrance exam will be held from July 18 to 23 for 5 days. CBSE is required to conduct its remaining papers before this.
On April 1, CBSE had announced that it will be conducting exams for 29 subjects out of approximately 90 that were left around the time the nationwide lockdown imposed. For Class 10, the exam is only held for students in Northeast Delhi, who were unable to take the exam due to riots.
For Class 12th, CBSE will hold exams for business studies, geography, Hindi (core), Hindi (elective), home science, sociology, computer science (old), computer science (new), information practice (old), information practice (new), information technology and bio-technology.
In addition to this, all tests that 12th class students in Northeast Delhi cannot take will also be held.
CBSE is also working on resuming the evaluation process of answer sheets, which was stopped in March due to the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. One option to consider is to deliver the answer script to the examiner at home.
The results of the 29 class 12th exams are most likely to be announced at the end of August, followed by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) announcing the JEE Advanced merit list.
National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the JEE Advanced Examination on August 23, HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said on May 7, 2020.
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