CGBSE Board 2020: Pending papers of Class 10th, 12th cancelled; know more here

Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) has announced that it will not conduct the exam of the remaining papers for classes 10 and 12.

Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) has announced that it will not conduct the exam of the remaining papers for classes 10 and 12.

In March, CGBSE had postponed CGBSE 10^th and CGBSE 12^th exams due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country, In April, the board had announced that the remaining papers​ of the CGBSE board examinations will be conducted from May 4 to 8, 2020. 

However, with the extension in the lockdown and rising number of coronavirus cases in the country, the Board has decided not to conduct exams for pending papers for class 10th and 12th.

"CGBSE has decided to mark the students for the pending papers on the basis of internal assessment," said Professor V K Goyal, Secretary, CGBSE.

The state government had earlier decided to promote students of classes 1 to 8, 9, and 11. 

Every year, the board conducts class 10^th and 12^th examinations in the month of March. Going by the last year’s data, a total of 3,82,955 students registered to appear for the CGBSE Class 10th examination. However, 2,59,944 students registered to appear for the CGBSE class 12 examination.

The Class 10th exams were scheduled to be held from March 3 to March 26, 2020, and Class 12th exams from March 2 to March 31. However, on March 19, the state government declared the closure of all schools and postponed exams in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

With this announcement, students can expect that the CGBSE 10^th results and CGBSE 12^th results will be announced soon.

For any other updates related to class 10 and class 12 board exams 2020, students are advised to keep a tab on the official website; cgbse.nic.in.

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