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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) hereby notifies that board examinations for classes 10th as well as 12th are being postponed until further notice. All the CBSE board exams scheduled to be held from March 19 to 31, 2020, will now be held after March 31, 2020. New exam dates will be decided and announced on or after March 31, 2020.
This decision comes in light of the growing concerns over the spread of Coronavirus. Even though the board had issued precautionary measures earlier to protect students from COVID 19 at exam centers, the rising count of infected individuals is leading to bigger steps by all authorities.
Furthermore, the board will reschedule the special exams that were to be held in April for the North East Delhi students who could earlier not attend the exams due to CAA NRC protests.
The board has conveyed five major points in the latest notice circulated to all stakeholders.


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Official Notice Out On CBSE Board Exams 2020 Postponement Due To Coronavirus
CBSE has received instructions in letter no. Secy (HE) / MHRD / 2020 from the Secretary, Department of Higher Education / School Education and Literacy, Government of India. As per it, the board has put forth the following points.
All the papers that were scheduled from March 19, 2020, to March 31, 2020 are postponed. This includes the following:
Class 10 board exams that have been postponed
Subject Subject code Previous exam date
Information and communication technology 166 20 Mar 2020
Computer applications 165 20 Mar 2020
Class 12 board exams that have been postponed
Subject Subject code Previous exam date
Punjabi 104 19 Mar 2020
Bengali 105 19 Mar 2020
Tamil 106 19 Mar 2020
Telugu 107 19 Mar 2020
Sindhi 108 19 Mar 2020
Marathi 109 19 Mar 2020
Gujarati 110 19 Mar 2020
Manipuri 111 19 Mar 2020
Malayalam 112 19 Mar 2020
Hates 113 19 Mar 2020
Assamese 114 19 Mar 2020
Kannada 115 19 Mar 2020
Arabic 116 19 Mar 2020
Tibetan 117 19 Mar 2020
French 118 19 Mar 2020
German 120 19 Mar 2020
Persian 123 19 Mar 2020
Telugu – Telangana 189 19 Mar 2020
Bodo 192 Mar 19, 2020
Tangkhul 193 Mar 19 2020
Japanese 194 19 Mar 2020
Bhutia 195 19 Mar 2020
Spanish 196 19 Mar 2020
Mizo 198 19 Mar 2020
Malay 199 19 Mar 2020
Not Elective 002 Mar 20, 2020
No Core 302 Mar 20, 2020
Informatics Prac (New) 065 21 Mar 2020
Computer Science (New) 083 21 Mar 2020
Informatics Prac (Old) 265 21 Mar 2020
Computer Science (Old) 283 21 Mar 2020
Information Technology 802 21 Mar 2020
Geography 029 23 Mar 2020
Business Studies 054 24 Mar 2020
Business Administration 833 24 Mar 2020
Home Science 064 26 Mar 2020
Biotechnology 045 28 Mar 2020
Sociology 039 30 Mar 2020
Plus, the class 10th exams that were postponed for North East Delhi students and rescheduled are again being postponed
Subject Subject Code Revised Exam Dates That Will Again Change
English Comm 101 21 Mar 2020
English Lang and Lit 184 21 Mar 2020
Elements of Business 154 23 Mar 2020
Science Theory 86 24 Mar 2020
Science w/o Practical 90 24 Mar 2020
Carnatic Music Vocal 31 26 Mar 2020
Carnatic Music (Mel Ins) 32 26 Mar 2020
Carnatic Music (Percussion) 33 26 Mar 2020
Hindustani Music (Vocal) 34 26 Mar 2020
Hindustani Music (Mel Ins) 35 26 Mar 2020
Hindustani Music (Per Ins) 36 26 Mar 2020
Sanskrit 122 27 Mar 2020
Elem Book Keeping and Acc 254 28 Mar 2020
Hindi Course A 2 30 Mar 2020
Hindi Course B 85 30 Mar 2020
And, the class 12th exams that were postponed for North East Delhi students and rescheduled are again being postponed
Subject Subject Code Revised Exam Dates That Will Again Change
Physics 42 31 Mar 2020
Applied Physics 625 31 Mar 2020
English Elective N 1 1 Apr 2020
English Elective C 101 1 Apr 2020
English Core 301 1 Apr 2020
Web Application (Old) 796 3 Apr 2020
Web Application (New) 803 3 Apr 2020
Average 821 3 Apr 2020
Chemistry 43 4 Apr 2020
Urdu Elective 3 7 Apr 2020
Sanskrit Elective 22 7 Apr 2020
National Cadet Corps 76 7 Apr 2020
Urdu Core 303 7 Apr 2020
Sanskrit Core 322 7 Apr 2020
Engineering Science 622 7 Apr 2020
Front Office Ops. 810 7 Apr 2020
Air Cond and Ref 827 7 Apr 2020
Design 830 7 Apr 2020
Salesmanship 831 7 Apr 2020
Engineering Graphics 46 8 Apr 2020
Library and Information Science (Old) 79 8 Apr 2020
Typography and Computer Application Hindi (Old) 609 8 Apr 2020
Typography and Computer Application English (Old) 607 8 Apr 2020
Library System and Resource Management 747 8 Apr 2020
Capital Market Operations 793 8 Apr 2020
Typography and Computer Application (New) 817 8 Apr 2020
Electronic Technology 820 8 Apr 2020
Library and Information Science (New) 836 8 Apr 2020
Fashion Studies 837 8 Apr 2020
Printed Textile 778 8 Apr 2020
History 27 9 Apr 2020
Accountancy 55 11 Apr 2020
Political Science 28 13 Apr 2020
Marketing 812 14 Apr 2020
Students may note that the new exam dates will be out either by end of this month, or after the government has assessed the situation.
Read the complete notice here.
Coronavirus – COVID 19’s Impact On Education in India
While the impact of the virus that originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019 has only started to make its presence felt in India, the effects are already chilling.
On one hand several schools, colleges, and other educational institutes have shut down temporarily, board exams are on in full swing in most boards. CBSE is one of the first education boards to put a halt to the board exams.
However for classes other than 10th and 12th where there are school level exams, schools are coming up with alternate solutions. In some schools and boards students are taking trust based exams from homes, in others decisions are being taken to pass students without tests.


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Education, like all other aspects of life, has been thrown off guard by the sudden pandemic.
Students are encouraged to take note of the Ministry guidelines on social distancing, basic hygiene to keep themselves safe.
Parents are also requested to take stock of the situation, guide their children on the reality of it all, yet in a way that right steps are taken instead of inducing fear and panic in the young minds.