CBSE to conduct pending board exams of Class 10, 12 from July 1 to July 15

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will hold the remaining Class 12 exams in the first two weeks of July. HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal announced that the exams will be held from July 1 to July 15.

The government had decided that the Class 12 Board exams should finish before JEE Main is conducted, as per sources. The entrance test for admission to NITs will be held over five days between July 18 and 23. CBSE has been asked to wrap up its remaining papers before that.

On April 1, CBSE had announced that it will conduct exams for 29



subjects out of the approximately 90 that were left around the time the nationwide lockdown was imposed. For Class 10, only exams for students of North East Delhi, who could not appear for the examination due to the riots, will be held. For Class 12, CBSE will conduct exams for business studies, geography, Hindi (core), Hindi (elective), home science, sociology, computer science (old), computer science (new), information practice (old), information practice (new), information technology and bio-technology. That apart, all the tests that Class 12 students of North East Delhi could NOT take will also be held.