In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, Assam and Manipur on Friday cancelled this years Secondary (Class X) and Higher Secondary (Class XII) board examinations.
Meanwhile, Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath said that consultations with all the stakeholders are on to decide on holding the Secondary and Higher Secondary examinations in the state.
After holding a series of meetings with various bodies and concerned stakeholders, Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said on Friday that the health department has informed that the situation is not conducive to hold the board exams.
He said that after discussing with all the stakeholders, the education department has decided not to conduct the exams this year.
The minister said that two committees will be set up to decide the marking and evaluation patterns and the final results would be declared by July 31.
Earlier, the Assam Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had also recommended not holding the exams.
Earlier this month, Pegu had told the media that the High School Leaving Certification (HSLC or Class X) and the Higher Secondary (Class XII) exams are likely to be held between August 1 and August 15 with reduced number of subjects if the pandemic situation improved.
The HSLC exams are conducted by the Board of Secondary Education Assam (SEBA), while the Higher Secondary exams are held by the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC).
Around seven lakh students were likely to appear if these exams were conducted.
In Imphal, Education Minister S. Rajen Singh on Friday announced the cancellation of the Board of Secondary Education Manipur (BOSEM, Class X) and the Council of Higher Secondary Education Manipur (COHSEM, Class XII) exams for 2021.
He said that due to the pandemic and its impacts on the society, many sectors, including education, are being affected.
Singh said that a 14-member committee has been constituted to develop an alternative assessment and evaluation mechanism for the assessment of Class X and Class XII students.
On June 1, the Centre had cancelled the Class XII boards exams of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for 2021.
After the government's decision, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) had also scrapped the ISC Class XII exams for this year.
SC stays Calcutta HC’s order cancelling school jobs; rebukes Bengal govt for alleged recruitment scam
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Calcutta High Court order, which cancelled 25,753 appointments in teaching and non-teaching posts in the state-run schools made by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in 2016.
Landslides hit train services in few NE states, affects supply of essentials, fuels
Movement of passengers and transport of goods, including essentials, has been affected in southern Assam, Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur for the past two weeks, due to the restricted movement of trains in the region, officials said on Tuesday.
With voting in four seats in Assam, polling complete in all 25 LS seats in NE
With the completion of polling in four Lok Sabha seats in Assam on Tuesday, elections in all the 25 parliamentary constituencies in the eight northeastern have been completed now.
Have 'irrefutable evidence' of India's involvement in recent targeted killings, claims Pakistan
Director General (DG) of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhary, said on Tuesday that Pakistan has "irrefutable evidence" of India's involvement in the recent targeted killings of various individuals in the country.
Work to form multi-polar world order will continue, says Putin after beginning fifth presidential term
The 71-year-old leader was quick to add that the conversation - including on issues of security and strategic stability - is possible "only on equal terms, respecting each other's interests" and "not from a position of strength".
J&K: Top terrorist commander among 2 killed in Kulgam encounter
A top commander of the banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba’s frontal organisation The Resistance Front (TRF) was killed along with another terrorist in an encounter with the security forces in J&K’s Kulgam district.
No relief for CM Kejriwal, SC likely to hear case on May 9
The Supreme Court bench, which initially decided to pronounce its judgement on Tuesday on the interim bail plea of incarcerated Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case, will most likely take up the matter again on May 9 or the next week.
'Those on bail are batting for Muslim reservation', PM Modi’s fierce counter to Lalu’s quota pitch
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday tore into Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav for making a fresh quota pitch for Muslims, saying the INDI Alliance cannot see beyond ‘appeasement’.