The West Bengal government has decided not to conduct any board examinations in June due to rising COVID19 cases in the state. The new exam dates will be announced later after reviewing the pandemic situation.
The West Bengal government decided to postpone the WB Madhyamik and WB Uccha Madhyamik board exams 2021 amid surge in pandemic situation due to rising COVID19 cases in the state.
The exams were scheduled in June. According to the government official, "The current pandemic situation is not favourable to conduct the class 10, 12 exams putting students' life at risk. The government is not cancelling the exams, the decision on board exams will be taken after reviewing the pandemic situation."
The Class 10 exam in the state are scheduled from June 1 to 10, while the Higher Secondary (HS) exams were set to begin on June 15. The WBCHSE earlier cancelled the class 11 exam in the state, and decided to promote all the students. It also directed the teachers to complete the reduced topics from the WB 12th exams within the first quarter of Class 12.
Click to download the official notification for the postponement of WB Madhyamik exam 2021
Click to download the official notification for the postponement of WB HS exam 2021
Education Minister Partha Chatterjee earlier said that the health of the students appearing for madhyamik (class 10), and uccha madhyamik (class 12) will be given priority. "Secondary and higher secondary examinations of the West Bengal board of education are set to be held in June with COVID19 protocol in place. But nothing can be more urgent and important than the health of our children and those involved in the examination process. The government will certainly take a decision in the interest of students at the appropriate time considering the COVID19 situation," the minister had said.
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