The Uttarakhand government has decided to cancel the class 10 exams. The class 12 exams have been postponed and the new exam dates will be announced on the same on June 1. UBSE class 12 exams were scheduled to begin from May 4 onwards. The decision is similar to the one taken by the CBSE earlier this week.
Last year, 1.19 lakh students appeared for class 12 and 1.47 lakh for class 10 exams held by the Uttarakhand Board of School Education. A similar number was expected to take the exam this year as well. The board exams have been disrupted due to the rising cases of COVID-19 across the country.
The State Education Minister Arvind Pande informed the students saying,” In view of rising Covid19 cases, the state board examinations for Class 10 have been canceled while deferred for class 12.” He further adds that ” The Uttrakhand state board will now hold a meeting on 1 June 2021 and will take any call on the exams on the day of the meeting.”Schools from classes 1-12 have been shut down in Haridwar, Dehradun, and Haldwani till April 30, due to the spike in Covid 19 cases.
The class 10 students will be promoted to the next class, class 11 on the basis of the marks obtained in the internal assessment and preboards, said state education department officials.
