CBSE class 10, 12 second-term board exam begin in India, abroad

The CBSE class 10 and 12 board exams for the second term began on Tuesday across India and abroad after two years of pandemicinduced disruptionsThe firstterm exams were conducted in November in a truncated format with multiplechoice questions The exam duration was oneandhalf hoursOn Tuesday class 12 had exams on entrepreneurship and beauty and wellness while for class 10 exams on six subjects Painting Rai Gurung Tamang Sherpa and Thai were heldThe class 10 examination will be conducted for 29 days concluding on May 24 The class 12 examination will be held for 51 days and will be over on June 15In class 10 CBSE will conduct examination for 75 subjects and in class 12 114 subjects The total subjects for examination conducted by the CBSE would be 189 a senior board official saidThe official added that while over 2116 lakh candidates will appear for class 10 board exams at 7406 centres 1454 lakh candidates will appear for class 12 board exams at 6720 exam centresThe number of students permitted in each classroom has been capped at 18 and schools have been asked to provide separate rooms to students suffering from Covid19CBSE has made elaborate arrangements for the conduct of examinations in India and 26 countries Since the exams are being conducted after Covid the board has made all arrangements for its smooth conduct Because of Covid these examinations are being conducted in April May and June 2022 the official saidThe board has also decided that for students who were absent in their firstterm exams their results will be based on the second term It is still working on modalities for computing the results of those who missed both term examsAs of now these students will have to appear next year either as a regular or private candidates but we are still working on modalities to see if any solution can be provided to such students the official addedThe CBSE is paying Rs 5000 to each examination centre for buying an infrared thermometer It is also paying Rs 5 per candidate each day for sanitization of school every day and also for arranging masks sanitisers and soaps to ensure cleanliness at the examination premisesThe board has written to the students and parents to follow the Covid protocols strictly To ensure that all important information conducting the examinations is communicated to all responsible officials at the centres it conducted a webinar on Monday which was attended by over 26000 schools the official addedThe second term exams of CISCE class 10 began on Monday The boards class 12 exams began on TuesdayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever