WBBSE Class 12 Board Exams 2020 Postponed to 2 July
The decision was announced after the government had ordered schools to remain shut till 30 June.
West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Tuesday, 2 June, announced that the West Bengal Class 12 board 2020 exams have been further rescheduled and the pending examinations will be held on 2, 6, and 8 July. The decision was announced after the government had ordered schools to remain shut till 30 June. The exams were earlier scheduled to start on 29 June.
A majority of the Class 12 board exams have been conducted from 13-21 March. The pending examinations were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent nationwide lockdown.
The following subject exams were postponed: Physics, Nutrition, Education, Accountancy, Chemistry, Economics, Journalism, Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, French, Statistics, Geography, Costing and Taxation, Home Management, and Family Resource Management.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), on Tuesday, also released a notification for the Class 10 (only for the northeast district of Delhi) and Class 12 (All India) examinations that are scheduled to be held from 1 July to 15 July 2020.
CBSE stated that in each district, where CBSE is having affiliated schools, one school will be fixed as a nodal examination centre for the candidates "who have shifted from their earlier district of examination centre to another district."
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