Hyderabad: The anxiety of tenth and twelfth standard CBSE students regarding
the holding of board exams ended on Monday. According to the new schedule
announced by the Central Board of Secondary Education, the exams will be
held from March 9 to April 29. The schedule for CISCE (Council for Indian
School Certificate Examinations) is yet to be announced.
The earlier exam schedule (from March 1 onwards) clashed with the election
schedule in five states, hence the rescheduling. Students appearing for the
JEE (Main) will have less than a week's time to prepare. After completing
the Chemistry exam on March 25, they will have to switch to JEE preparation
mode.
Students appearing for the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) are
better placed since they will have one full month for preparation. The
Biology exam ends on April 5 and NEET is likely to be held in the first week
of May.
CBSE, in a statement, declared that annual examination results will be
declared on time with the board having adopted several IT initiatives that
will help in compiling the results faster.
Nearly 16.6 lakh students will be appearing for the Class X examinations
while for the Class XII, around 11,00,000 lakh students have been enlisted
from all over the country.