{"id":4763,"date":"2021-06-01T17:28:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T17:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/?p=4763"},"modified":"2021-06-01T17:32:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T17:32:33","slug":"cbse-class-12-board-exams-2021-have-been-cancelled-after-the-meeting-today-chaired-by-pm-narendra-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/?p=4763","title":{"rendered":"CBSE Class XII Board Exams cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>The Newz Biz Team, New Delhi\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">CBSE Class 12 board exams 2021 have been cancelled after the meeting today chaired by PM Narendra Modi. The CBSE Class 12 results will be made as per a well-defined objective criteria in a time-bound manner, much like the decision made in April for the CBSE Class 10 board exams 2021.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cStudents should not be forced to appear for exams in such a stressful situation,\u201d a statement from the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO) said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe health and safety of our students is of utmost importance and there will be no compromise on this aspect,&#8221; said the statement, quoting PM Modi.<\/p>\n<p>Both CBSE and CISCE Class 12 exams have been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment of India has decided to cancel the Class XII CBSE Board Exams. After extensive consultations, we have taken a decision that is student-friendly, one that safeguards the health as well as future of our youth,\u201d PM Modi tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The CBSE will now take steps to compile the results of Class 12 students according to \u201cwell-defined objective criteria in a time-bound manner\u201d, the PMO release said. Like last year, students who still want to take the exams will be given a chance when the situation improves, said the government.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was announced shortly after PM Modi\u2019s meeting with key ministers and officials from various related ministries and stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID-19 has affected the academic calendar and the subject of board exams was causing immense anxiety among students, parents and teachers, which had to be put to an end,\u201d said the PMO statement.<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes two days ahead of a Supreme Court hearing in which the Centre is expected to file its reply on a petition seeking exactly this. The court had posted the hearing to June 3 after the Centre requested time.<\/p>\n<p>At a meeting on May 23, the CBSE had recommended that the exams be held between July 15 and August 26. It also suggested two options: regular exams in 19 major subjects at notified centres and shorter-duration exams at schools where the students are enrolled.<\/p>\n<p>A majority of states had favoured holding the exam, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal had said after that meeting. Mr Pokhriyal was today admitted to AIIMS hospital in Delhi with post-Covid complications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Newz Biz Team, New Delhi\u00a0 CBSE Class 12 board exams 2021 have been cancelled after the meeting today chaired by PM Narendra Modi. The CBSE Class 12 results will be made as per a well-defined objective criteria in a time-bound manner, much like the decision made in April for the CBSE Class 10 board [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[1542,1541,1539,1543,1540],"class_list":["post-4763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-latest-news","tag-12-exam-cancelled","tag-board-exams-2021","tag-cbse","tag-chaired-by-pm-narendra-modi","tag-class-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4763"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4766,"href":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4763\/revisions\/4766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}