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Home MInistry grants exemptions from lockdown to conduct board exams of classes 10, 12

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: May 20, 2020 16:30 IST

The Union Home Ministry has granted exemptions from the lockdown to conduct board examinations for classes 10 and 12, ...

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The Union Home Ministry has granted exemptions from the lockdown to conduct board examinations for classes 10 and 12, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday. The home ministry has already written to all state governments informing them about the exemptions given for holding the examinations across the country with certain conditions.

"Taking into consideration the academic interest of a large number of students, it has been decided to grant exemption from lockdown measures to conduct board examination for classes 10th and 12th, with few conditions like social distancing, face mask etc, for their safety," Shah tweeted. In his letter to chief secretaries of states and union territories, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said that under the guidelines on lockdown measures, opening of schools has been prohibited and as a result annual board examinations being conducted by state education boards, CBSE, ICSE for classes 10 and 12 were suspended.

Besides, there shall be provision of thermal screening and sanitiser at exam centres and social distancing norms have to be followed.

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