After submitting in the Supreme Court that it will decide on objective assessment of  now cancelled 12th class board examinations, the  Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has constituted a 13-member committee for setting well-defined objective criteria for Class 12 Board Examination Assessment 2020-2021. The committee will submit its report within 10 days from the date of issue of the orders. …

Keeping the safety and security of students on priority, National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), the national school board of open schooling examinations in India has canceled class 12 examinations. Students will be evaluated based on objective criteria to be announced soon. This will benefit around 1.75 Lakhs students. In a notification on June 4, NIOS said that practical as …

Giving in to the intense pressure exerted by the students and experts for cancellation of class 12 examinations, the Government on June 1 acted to end the dilemma over conducting of these exams by announcing their cancellation. Ending uncertainty of several weeks, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, tweeted the decision after a high level review meeting on the issue.  The meeting …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an important meeting regarding Class 12 Board Examinations, this evening. He will be briefed on all possible options, as a result of the extensive discussions with all states and other stakeholders: GoI Sources Following the news of Education Minister, Pokhriyal, being admitted to AIIMS following post-covid complications and CBSE sources saying that decision on …

In India, closure of 1.5 million schools due to the pandemic and lockdowns in 2020 has impacted 247 million children enrolled in elementary and secondary schools. The deluge of covid cases seen in the last three months has further added to their woes and prolonged absence from campuses. Between April 1 and mid-May, officially 577 children in India have become …

Free education to be ensured for children, who lost their parents to Covid. They will get free health insurance of Rs 5 lakh under Ayushman Bharat till 18 years & premium will be paid by PM CARES. PM CARES will contribute through a specially designed scheme a corpus of Rs 10 lakh for each child when he or she reaches …