CBSE class 12 board exam 2021 latest news: Vaccination for students before examinations - Manish Sisodia's DEMAND from Centre

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday demanded vaccination for students studying in Class 12 before making them appear for the board examinations.

The minister in a press conference informed about the suggestions he has given during the high-level meeting called by the Centre to discuss the conduction of upcoming examinations including the CBSE, ICSE Class 12 Board exams, and entrance examinations for JEE Main and NEET 2021.

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Sisodia tweeted “In a meeting with the central government, today demand has been raised to arrange vaccines for all the students of Class 12 before the examination. Conducting Class 12 board exams before vaccinating students will prove to be a big mistake and failure.”

He further said “The central government’s priority should be vaccination. The central government should either talk to Pfizer and arrange vaccines for 1.4 crore students and almost the same number of teachers across the country."

यदि युवा वर्ग वाली वैक्सीन 17.5 साल के बच्चों को हेल्थ एक्सपर्ट्स की सलाह के बाद दी जा सकती है तो देश में उपलब्ध Covishield और Covaxin सबसे पहले 12वीं के सभी बच्चों एवं सभी शिक्षकों को लगाई जाए।
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— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) May 23, 2021

He said that 95 percent of the students studying in Class 12 are above 17.5 years of age. He suggested the central government to speak to the health experts if the vaccines given to people above 18 years of age can be given to Class 12 students.

“If vaccine can be given to 17.5-year-olds following the advice of health experts, then should first be applied to all students of Class 12th and all teachers,” he added.

In a press conference, the minister said that the central government was suggested to first, hold exams for limited subjects as per the existing system. Or the second option was to hold exams for all subjects but the paper duration will be curtailed to 1.5 hours and the exam will have only MCQ and short questions.

Addressing an important Press Conference | LIVE https://t.co/9c898PLhqp

— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) May 23, 2021

A high-level virtual meeting chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was held today with all the States/UT Education Ministers, Education Secretaries and Chairpersons of State Examination Boards and stakeholders to discuss the proposals for the conduct of upcoming examinations.