Release of datesheet for CBSE Class 10 & 12 board exams postponed to Monday

Team Udayavani, May 16, 2020, 5:50 PM IST

New Delhi: The datesheet for CBSE Board Examinations for Class 10 and 12 students which was to be released at 5.00 pm today (May 16) will now be announced on Monday, May 18 informed Union Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal.

“CBSE is taking into consideration some additional technical aspects before finalizing the datesheets of the board exams of classses 10th and 12th, due to which, the datesheets will now be released by Monday i.e. 18-05-2020. Inconvenience caused is sincerely regretted,” the minister tweeted.

The pending examinations, which got postponed on account of the nation wide induced lockdown to contain coronavirus will be conducted from July 1 to 15.

The schedule has been decided in order to ensure that the board exams are completed before competitive examinations such as engineering entrance JEE-Mains, which is scheduled from July 18-23, and medical entrance exam NEET, which is scheduled on July 26.