PIB Fact Check: Will 10th board exams be abolished in India under new education policy? Here's the truth

PIB Fact Check has busted a Fake News which is claiming that the Union government will abolish the class 10th board exams under the New Education Policy. The PIB Fact Check on its official Twitter handle has rejected any such provision made under the New Education Policy 2020.

See Tweet Here: 

दावा: #NewEducationPolicy के तहत 10वीं कक्षा की बोर्ड परीक्षाएँ खत्म की जाएंगी।#PIBFactCheck

यह दावा #फर्जी है।

नई शिक्षा नीति में 10वीं कक्षा की बोर्ड परीक्षाएँ खत्म करने का कोई प्रावधान नहीं हैं।

कृपया ऐसे भ्रामक संदेश फॉरवर्ड न करें।

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— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) May 5, 2022

@PIBFactCheck is a government-run Twitter handle to counter misinformation on government policies and schemes. 

PIB Fact Check tweeted about this new fake news on Thursday! The Press Information Bureau's official fact check Twitter handle 'PIB Fact Check' has alerted everyone about this fake message misleading students about the 10th bord exam.

The misleading message claims that class 10th board exams will be abolished under the New Education Policy. 

The message is being circulated in Hindi. It said that under the New Education Policy which has been approved by the Union Cabinet, Class 10th Board exams and MPhil exams will be discontinued.

Responding to this, PIB Fact Check has said that this message is fake. There is no provision to abolish class 10 board examinations in the new education policy. It has also urged people not to forward such misleading messages.

Claim: Under the #NewEducationPolicy, class 10th board exams will be abolished. 

PIB Fact Check: This claim is #fake. There is no provision to abolish class 10 board examinations in the new education policy. Please do not forward such misleading messages, PIB Fact Check tweeted.

The PIB also added a link to the pdf of New Education Policy 2020, which provides more information to the people about this policy.

Note: If you want to verify a certain piece of news or advertisement or claim, then you can mail it to pibfactcheck@gmail.com.