BMC allows various education boards to conduct exams in Mumbai
Education boards in Maharashtra like MSBSHSE that conducts SSC, HSC exams, CBSE, IB, CISCE, and IGCSE have gotten permission to conduct exams offline. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued an order stating that the schools are to follow all the precautionary, health, cleanliness, and security guidelines mandatorily for the COVID19 pandemic.
The Mumbai civic body has allowed various state, national, and international educational boards to conduct exams physically according to their schedule in the city while following all COVID19 prevention guidelines.
Last month, the corporation had deferred the opening of schools and colleges till January 15 citing fear of a second COVID19 wave.
However, it has now decided to permit the boards to conduct their examinations, as not doing so could result in the loss of a year for students, the order by BMC stated. The schools have been allowed to conduct exams from January 18.
The members of the International Schools Association (Cambridge board) can conduct preliminary or pre-planned examinations of classes 9 to 12. Other state and national education boards like the SSC, HSC (Maharashtra board), CBSE, IB, CISCE, and IGCSE can conduct the exams of classes 10 and 12 according to their planned time table. It has been made important for schools to follow all the precautionary, health, cleanliness, and security guidelines for the COVID19 pandemic.
According to the BMC, in the Mumbai municipal limits, some subjects of the Cambridge board schools for classes 9 to 12 are of February-March session and their examinations are beginning from January 23. The dates for Maharashtra HSC, SSC examinations 2021 are expected to be out this week.
The BMC had allowed city-based schools of the US and other consulates to reopen from January 18, but did not specify when exactly the other educational institutions could reopen.
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