UP Board class 12 exams also cancelled
LUCKNOW : The state government on Thursday announced the cancellation of the UP Board class 12 intermediate examination due to Covid-19 and proposed a formula to award marks to the class 10 and class 12 students.
The class 12 board exam was earlier postponed till the second week of July. The examination conducting body, the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Secondary Education Board), had cancelled the class 10 high school examination on May 29.
The decision on the class 12 exam was taken at a high-level meeting attended by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma and additional chief secretary (secondary education) Aradhana Shukla here on Thursday.
The chief minister took to Twitter to announce that in the current academic session, the UP Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad will not conduct the board examinations of class 10 and 12.
Addressing the media, deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma said, “Taking inspiration from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to scrap CBSE class 12 examination, UP Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad also decided to cancel the class 12 intermediate examinations keeping in mind the safety of students. Thus, for the first time, the world’s biggest board will not conduct both class 10 and 12 board exams this year.”
A committee headed by additional chief secretary (secondary education) Aradhana Shukla has been set up to give a final shape to the formula to
award marks to the class 10 and 12 students.
Sharma said a total of 29.94 lakh (2.9 million) high school students and 26.10 lakh (2.6 million) intermediate students will benefit from the decision to cancel the exams
He said while all requisite arrangements for conducting the exams were in place, they were cancelled considering the health of teachers and students. Sharma said that in view of Covid-19, the UP Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad had already reduced syllabus by 30%.
The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad on Saturday (May 29) cancelled the board’s high school (class 10) examinations in the wake of the Covid-19 situation in the state.
The central government on Tuesday cancelled the CBSE class 12 examinations due to Covid-19.
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hours later, the Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) also cancelled the ISC (Indian School Certificate) class 12 examination. There were enough indications that the UP board will take a similar decision when chief minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma had welcomed PM’s decision in the larger interest of the students.