CBSE, ICSE Board Exams 2020 Cancelled: Important Questions Left Unanswered

With the cancellation of CBSE, ICSE Board exams 2020, students are left with various unanswered questions. Let's take a look...

The CBSE’s decision to cancel pending CBSE 10^th board exams 2020 and make CBSE 12^th Board Exams 2020 optional in view of the ongoing pandemic crisis failed to end the anxiety of students. Students are left with various unanswered questions and want clarity on the same. Questions that are related to CBSE 10th, 12^th results 2020, admission, further education and the career.

Latest: CBSE Board Results 2020 by Mid-July, official notification released

How will students move forward for undergraduate admissions? When will the CBSE 10^th results release? What about those who already appeared for the Class 10 board exams? Will the Board these students receive preference during admissions by colleges?  Have the examinations been completely cancelled or made optional? What will be the criteria for internal assessment? What about students who were preparing for competitive exams, and hence did not treat internals with the required degree of importance? These are among some of the questions that created a sense of anxiety and stress among students whose board exams were postponed in March due to COVID-19 pandemic and later rescheduled for July.

CBSE and ICSE Board Examinations for Classes 10 and 12 are now cancelled. However, CBSE Class 12 students get the option of either taking the exams later or to move ahead with the CBSE 12^th Results 2020 based on their performance in the last three internal exams. The re-exam option will not be available to CBSE Class 10 students. The option of re-examination would also not be available to the ICSE Board students or ISC Board Students.

Also Read: CBSE Results 2020 for 10th, 12th by Mid-August based on internal assessment; here's how

However, no official notification is released by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) yet the SC directed it to submit an affidavit on Friday i.e. June 26, 2020, detailing its plan.

CBSE ICSE Board Exams Cancelled, Important Questions Left Unanswered

After the cancellation of CBSE and ICSE Board Exams, students launched an online petition, stating that the decision to go by internal assessment is taken keeping in mind the safety of the students but not their educational future.

Shruti Das, a Class 12 student said: “What will be the criteria for internal assessment? Which three last exams are they talking about? How are they going to calculate an average? Will that impact admissions to universities like Delhi University where cutoffs are too high. Nobody is able to answer these questions”.

Said Romesh Jha, a Class 12 student: "They just announced that the exams are cancelled but where is the clarity? Students get to choose whether they want to write exams or take results on the basis of assessment? At what stage the option is to be chosen? There is no clarity, the exams have been delayed for over three months and still there is uncertainty,”

 “Taking the internal marks into consideration for the final board result would not be fair to the students now as well as in future. Different schools might have had varying difficulty levels in internals,” said Shreeni Ghosh.

"Even though, we have been given a choice to appear for our remaining exams later, this decision has still not yet been finalized,” the petition said. “Also, taking the exams this late will not be feasible for all the students due to the large time gap as well as due to the upcoming college examinations. This would lead to a lot of inadequacies and unfairness in the final board results”, it added.

Rahul Gupta, a student of Mamta Modern School Vikaspuri said: "I had fallen sick during my pre-board exams and missed some papers. I had two board papers left -- Business Studies and Informatics Practices. As a student, I have been left in the lurch about my future. How will the CBSE work out a formula for those students who missed their internal assessment or pre-Boards?"

It appears that there is a lot of confusion and anxiety among students. Students are advised to wait for the release of the official notifications. It is expected that questions around internal assessment, CBSE 10^th results 2020, CBSE 12^th results 2020, college admissions, and more would be answered in the official notice.

Read More:

• CBSE 10th Exams 2020 CANCELLED, 12th Optional: Here's how 10th, 12th board results will be released
•  ICSE Board Exams 2020 CANCELLED: CISCE Pending 10th, 12th exams scrapped