CBSE board exams 2021 date sheet: Exams postponed and not cancelled? What Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal revealed

CBSE board exams 2021 date sheet: Exams postponed and not cancelled? What Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal revealed

CBSE board exams 2021 date sheet latest update: In a massive revelation that would be of huge interest to students, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said that the CBSE class 10 and 12 board exams will not be held in January-February but at a later date. Yes, those are his very words.

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, on Tuesday, while addressing a live session on social media in which he was interacting with teachers to address critically important questions regarding CBSE Board Exams 2021, said that January-February period would not have any exams on the calendar.

Regarding CBSE Board Exams 2021, the Minister said that cancelling all exams would mean promoting students without holding any test to check their knowledge. It would result in putting a stamp on these students and they might face an issue in getting jobs and admissions at higher education levels later in their lives. Significantly, Minister Pokhriyal then said a very important thing: "We do not want that for our students. Thus, cancellation will not happen. The board exams will be held, but postponed."

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He added, "CBSE class 10 and 12 board exams will not be held in January-February."
Unfortunately, when it came to revealing the exact CBSE board exam 2021 date sheet, the minister was not very forthcoming, he said, "However, when exactly the CBSE exam 2021 are to be held will be decided after February".

While that does not clear all the confusion regarding CBSE exam 2021 date sheet, it is quite helpful for students.

Pokhriyal also said that the CBSE board exams will be held on a reduced syllabus. 30% of the total syllabus has been cut and some states have also announced a similar move while others are expected to do the same. There will also be 33% internal choices in the exam.

Pokhriyal reiterated some other points that are already in the public domain. He said, that the exam will be conducted offline. Reason? Pokhriyal said, because "we need a laptop and a stable internet and electricity for each student which is a challenge. A large percentage of students do not have equal access to education. While we have used unique methods to teach students but having such methods for exams might not be fair”.