Government asks JEE Mains, CBSE Board exams to be postponed
CORONAVIRUS: Government asks JEE Mains, CBSE Board exams to be postponed Ministry of Human Resource and Development today ordered Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and all educational institutions to postpone ongoing exams till 31 March amid ongoing novel coronavirus spread. This includes class 10, class 12 board examinations. Moreover, the ministry also added that all the evaluation work should get rescheduled after 31 March. This includes all evaluation work of CBSE, NIOS, University Exams. JEE Mains will also get rescheduled and new dates of would be announced after 31 March, 2020, the ministry said in a statement. During the aforementioned period, re-examinations that were rescheduled to be held for northeast Delhi candidates will also be further rescheduled, said CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi said. "While maintenance of academic calendar and exam schedule is important, equally important is safety and security of students who are app...