No State Board examinations for Classes X and XII in Maharashtra: Minister
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The Maharashtra authorities’s resolution got here two days after the Centre cancelled the CBSE Class XII Board examinations citing the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic.
The State Board examinations for Classes X and XII in Maharashtra have been cancelled this yr in view of the prevailing coronavirus pandemic, Minister Vijay Wadettiwar introduced on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Wadettiwar mentioned, “The State Board examinations of Classes XII and X are cancelled. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had already indicated about it in his earlier address to the State. A [formal] decision was taken today.”
The Maharashtra authorities’s resolution got here two days after the Centre cancelled the CBSE Class XII Board examinations citing the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic.
The Class X (SSC) Board examinations in the State have been cancelled earlier on account of a surge in COVID-19 circumstances, however a proper announcement was made on Thursday.
Some individuals had opposed the cancellation of examinations however in right this moment’s assembly with CM Thackeray, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and different officers involved, it was determined to cancel the examinations, Mr. Wadettiwar mentioned.
School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad had mentioned on Wednesday {that a} proposal has been despatched to the State catastrophe administration authority to take a closing name on these examinations.
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