Education boards get BMC nod to hold exams
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has allowed State, nationwide and worldwide academic boards to hold exams bodily in Mumbai by following COVID-19 pointers.
Last month, citing worry of a second wave, the BMC deferred the reopening of faculties and schools until January 15. However, it has now determined to allow the boards to conduct examinations. Not doing so may end result within the lack of a 12 months for college kids, the BMC stated in its order issued on Tuesday evening.
The boards have been allowed to conduct exams from January 18, a BMC official stated on Wednesday. The order acknowledged that members of International Schools Association (Cambridge board) can conduct preliminary or pre-planned examinations of Classes IXto XII. Other boards like SSC, HSC (Maharashtra board), CBSE, IB, CISCE and IGCSE can conduct exams of Classes X and XII as per their deliberate schedule, the BMC stated.
“They should follow all the precautionary, health, cleanliness and security guidelines for the COVID-19 pandemic,” the order stated.
According to the BMC, within the Mumbai municipal limits, some topics of the Cambridge board colleges for Classes IX to XII are of February-March session and their examinations are beginning on January 23.
The BMC final month allowed city-based colleges of the U.S. and different consulates to reopen from January 18, however has not specified when precisely the opposite academic establishments can reopen.
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