New Delhi, April 28: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday said it would not be possible to hold the remaining CBSE class 10 and class 12 board exams. In a series of tweets, Manish Sisodia said he has spoken to Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' and suggested various measures with regard to pending examination and next curriculum year in view of the ongoing nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Entrance Exams Only After the Lockdown Ends, Says HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal.

"Not feasible now to conduct pending board exams for class 10, 12. Students should be promoted on the basis of performance in internal exams like it was done for classes 9, 11," Sisodia tweeted. "Curriculum for the next session be reduced by 30 per cent, exams like JEE, NEET be conducted on the basis of reduced syllabus," he said in another tweet. He made the recommendations during a meeting of state education ministers chaired by Ramesh Pokhriyal. UGC To Issue Guidelines for Current, Next Academic Sessions For Exams Postponed Due to Coronavirus.

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Across the country, exams in 12 subjects for Class 12 are yet to be held. Students of class 10 and 12 in riot-hit northeast Delhi have even more pending papers. Earlier, Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said that pending board exams will only be held when the situation is back to normal and the nationwide lockdown is completely lifted.

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