The novel coronavirus has infected around 195 Indians and over 2.3 lakh people across the globe. Every state government has advised the public to stay at home and avoid public gathering unless it is very necessary.
In order to curb the spread of coronavirus infection, all schools, colleges and other educational institutes have been ordered to shut down in many states.
On Thursday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also urged people to stay inside their homes as much as possible and follow ‘Janta curfew’ on Sunday i.e., March 22.
Janta curfew will be active from 7 AM in the morning till 9 PM in the evening. Amid this, people must avoid stepping out of their homes and practice social distancing as much as possible.
The number of cases is rising gradually so to break coronavirus, it is everyone’s duty to help the government in preventing the spread of a deadly virus.
Meanwhile, many exams have also been cancelled or postponed to avoid the crowd at the examination centres.
Here are the latest exams that have been cancelled-
GUJCET 2020 postponed:
Gujarat Common Entrance Test has been postponed amid coronavirus scare which was scheduled for March 31. The revised schedule will be released in the due course of time. GUJCET admit card 2020 has already been released on March 18. Candidates can download it from the official website at gujcet.gseb.org.
Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University mid-semester exams postponed:
Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University (HPAU), Palampur has postponed its on-going mid-semester examinations in the view of the COVID-19 outbreak. Vice-chancellor Ashok Kumar Sarial said all examinations scheduled to be held henceforth have been postponed till further orders.
Chhattisgarh Board Exams 2020 of Class 10th and 12th postponed:
Chhattisgarh government has also ordered to postpone the class 10th and 12th board exams in the wake of coronavirus. A new schedule will be out separately in due course of time. Meanwhile, the state govt has also ordered the closure of all schools till March 31.
Punjab Board class 10th, 12th exams 2020 postponed till March 31:
The Punjab government has postponed school examinations, including board exams conducted by the Punjab School Education Board for Classes 10 and 12, on Thursday, March 19, 2020, and declared to relieve the staff of all schools till March 31.
School education minister Vijay Inder Singla said that to curb the threat of virus contamination, the state government had decided to close all government, semi-government and private schools in the state.
Read: Here’s list of exams postponed amid coronavirus outbreak
