Ramesh Pokhriyal, Union Education Minister, during his live address to the students, stated that not only there is a possibility of postponing the exams, in case the situation does not improve with regards to the outbreak of the coronavirus, he also suggested further syllabus cut based on the situation.
Moreover, Pokhriyal stated that if schools continue to remain closed, there will be an alternative mode of assessment instead of the CBSE class 10 and 12 practical board exams. He further added that there is no mandate that the exams will be held in the month of March and a postponement and further delay can be considered based on the situation. However, he has not notified the date as of now. Speaking about the same, he stated that the dates will be fixed considering no clash between the exams in order for the students to have enough time to prepare for all of them.
Furthermore, the Union Education Minister asked the National Testing Agency (NTA) to discuss with the state and central boards and finalise on syllabus cut if required. While responding to students' concerns over the syllabus cut for the CBSE Board exams, Pokhriyal asked the students to check cbse.nic.in and cbseacademic.nic.in. On the other hand, in regards to the reduction of the syllabus for JEE and NEET exams, he said that the discussions and planning are still underway. During the live session, Pokriyal informed that although final dates for JEE and NEET have not been announced yet, however, the Education Ministry is trying to share the dates in advance with the students.
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