The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that the students who failed in Class 9 and Class 11 will get another opportunity to appear for the school-based examinations. The decision is in view of the unprecedented crisis triggered by COVID-19 pandemic.
"The schools can conduct either online or offline exams for the failed class 9, 11 students. This one time opportunity is being extended only in current year in view of the unprecedented condition of COVID-19," CBSE Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj said.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal had advised the CBSE to provide a second opportunity to all students, who have failed in Class 9 and Class 11, to clear their exams. He had also asked schools to provide adequate time to the students for the preparations of re-tests.
In a notification, the CBSE, however, reiterated that this one-time opportunity is being extended only in the current year, in view of the COVID-19 crisis.
The board observed that students are experiencing mental stress as they are confined at home due to the lockdown. “In this difficult time, children who have not been able to clear school examinations will be even more upset. The queries of such students are constantly being received by the CBSE. Queries from parents are also being received continuously. At such a difficult time, all of us will have to make joint efforts to relieve students from stress and help them to mitigate their anxiety,” it said.
