Get 'COVID-19 Negative Certificate' to appear for ICSE, ISC Board Exams 2020: Kolkata School to Students

The School asked the parents to submit the Coronavirus negative certificate latest by June 25 of the students who are willing to appear for the ICSE, ISC Board Exams 2020. 

One of the reputed private school of Kolkata on June 17, 2020, asked parents of those students, who want to appear for the remaining ICSE board exams 2020 and ISC board exams 2020 in July, to get coronavirus negative certificates for their wards.

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) recently released an official notice allowing students to appear for the pending ICSE and ISC board exams from the city they are in at present and choose the option to take up the exams later during compartmental tests. The Council also said that the students also get an option to opt-out of the ICSE Board Exams 2020, ISC Board Exams 2020 and get their ICSE Results 2020 and ISC Results 2020 on the basis of their pre-board marks and internal assessment.

According to the ICSE Date Sheet 2020 and ISC Date Sheet 2020, the ICSE, ISC exams, which were postponed in view of a nationwide lockdown, are scheduled to be held between July 1 and 14.

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A notice posted on the website of this private school on June 17, 2020, reads, "Should your ward be interested for the examination, parents are requested to go for a COVID TEST for your ward and get a negative result, which will help all the students appearing the Examination and minimising the risk of all the other people who are involved in conducting the ICSE (or ISC) Examination 2020 for the revised dates.”

While commenting on the notice, Principal of St Augustine's Day School, R S Gasper, said, this step is necessary for the health of the candidates and others to be present during examinations, as the institute is located in a containment zone.

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The notice, signed by the principal, asked the parents to submit the COVID-19 test result of students at the school by June 25.

The notice also informed that in case a candidate does not want to write the ICSE Board Exams 2020 or ISC Board Exams 2020, the Pre-Board marks will be accepted for the remaining examination and candidate's ICSE Results 2020 and ISC Results 2020 will be based on it.
The consent regarding appearing for examinations or not is to be submitted to the school by June 19.

A source at the Association of Heads of ICSE Schools in West Bengal said no other school in the state released a notice putting any conditions for ISC or ICSE examination candidates willing to write the remaining papers.

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Calling the notice unfair, the principal of a south Kolkata school, affiliated to the ICSE board, said that the decision is "absolutely ridiculous and unfair to the children. Can a school do this to its students? Instead, they could have used thermal guns to check the body temperature of candidates at the gate and keep a medical helpdesk nearby."

Another school’s head pointed out how the test result submitted on July 25 can be valid on July 1, as such tests need to be taken 48 hours earlier.

Meanwhile, the decision regarding the declaration date of the ICSE Results 2020 and ISC Results 2020 is yet to be released by the Council.

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