Schools in NE Delhi to remain shut tomorrow due to Delhi violence

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Monday that all Delhi Government schools in the violence-hit northeast Delhi would be shut on Tuesday.

Sisodia also said he had spoken to HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal urging him to postpone the ongoing CBSE board exams for Classes 10 and 12 for schools and students in the affected area of northeast Delhi.

In response, the CBSE said there was no



scheduled exam in northeast Delhi on Tuesday.

CBSE spokesperson Rama Sharma said there is no examination center in North East Delhi for exams on Tuesday.

"It is informed that as per schedule tomorrow there are exams only for class 12 in four vocational subjects in 18 centers in the Western part of Delhi. There are no centers in the northeast part of Delhi for exams scheduled tomorrow," she said.