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  • PM Modi to hold meeting with Pokhriyal, top officials on CBSE board exams issue

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with the Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, Education Secretary, and other important officials on Wednesday at 12 noon to discuss the issue of CBSE board exams, said sources.

    The final decision on the CBSE Board exams can be expected today. Several students, academicians, and politicians have demanded the cancellation of board exams amid growing COVID-19 numbers.

    ALSO READ: Parents, teachers and students reject Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s appeal to cancel CBSE board exams 

    On Tuesday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had urged the Centre to cancel the CBSE board examinations amid a rise in the number of coronavirus cases in the national capital.

    Lakhs of students appear for CBSE Class 10 and 12 board exams every year.

    India reported the highest-ever single-day spike in COVID-19 cases with over 1.84 lakh new cases and more than 1,000 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday.

  • Preparing to open school in Chhattisgarh, Education Minister said – classes will be held from 9th to 12th

    Preparations have been started to open closed schools in the state for 11 months. Classes from 9th to 12th will be started from next week. In this regard, the cabinet meeting to be held on Saturday will be stamped. School Education Minister Dr. Premasai Singh Tekam has given information regarding opening of the school during the discussion with the media. He has said that complete preparations have been made to open schools in the state. The schools will be fully sanitized. All must follow the Corona Guideline. One will enter the school only after putting on a mask.