Coronavirus: CISCE postpones ICSE, ISC 2020 board exams till March 31
The ICSE 2020 exams for class 10 and ISC 2020 exams for class 12
have been postponed in view of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a
notification released by the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations
(CISCE). The revised dates for conduct of the remaining papers will be notified
in due course of time, the notice read.
This
comes a day after the board chief executive and secretary Gerry Arathoon said
the exams would be held as per schedule.
On
Wednesday, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),
the National Testing Agency of the Ministry of Human Resource Development
(MHRD), and all universities postponed exams until March 31.
This is what the CISCE said
in its notification:
"In
view of Covid-19 spreading across the country, and with much uncertainty and
speculation in the air, the Council, in the interest of the health and
well-being of the students and the tesching community, has decided to postpone
all ICSE and ISC 2020 exam scheduled to be conducted between the period March
19 to March 31, 2020.
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