Maharashtra SSC HSC Board Exams 2021: Conduct all exams online, parents urge Maharashtra education department

The Maharashtra-based school parents’ body named Indiawide Parents’ Association also urged the state to mark students on the basis of internal assessments for the academic year 2020-21.

Due to the rising novel coronavirus cases, schools in Maharashtra continue to operate online. Considering the health risk amid the COVID-19 spread, parents have now requested the state education department to conduct all exams and assessments virtually. According to the reports, in a recent letter addressed to the department, a Maharashtra-based school parents’ body named Indiawide Parents’ Association also urged the state to mark students on the basis of internal assessments for the academic year 2020-21.

President of the association, Anubha Sahai said, “It is a huge risk for students to travel to school for exams. Even appearing for board exams, which are held at different centres, are risky owing to the rising cases of Covid-19. We request the state government and the education department to conduct all the exams online for this year. At this point, the health of the students is of the utmost importance." The reports suggest that the officials of the department said that they would respond to the demands made by the parents after looking into the details.