The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released a notification on 9 February, stating that the Term 2 theory examinations would commence on 26 April.
The pattern will be the same as that of the sample question papers, which can be found on the board's website at www.cbse.nic.in. They contain subjective questions.
The notification added that students would appear for the exams from the allotted examination centres as done in previous years. The date sheet for both classes 10 and 12 exams will be released soon and will be available on the board's website.
Due to a surge in Omicron cases in January, there was a lack of clarity on whether students were to prepare for online examinations or offline examinations.
Most schools have decided to conduct their pre-boards offline in order to prepare students for their boards.
The notification read that it had earlier notified that the board examinations would be conducted in two terms; Term I and Term II. This decision was taken due to the uncertainty caused by the pandemic.
It read that Term 1 examinations had been conducted by the board recently. After discussions with various stakeholders and taking into consideration the COVID-19 situation in the country, the board decided to conduct the Term 2 examinations in offline mode, read the notification.
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