High Level Meeting On CBSE Class 12th Board Exams 2021, Check Live Updates

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be chairing a high-level meeting to discuss the pending Class 12 board exams and entrance exams for professional courses. Union Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Union Minister for Women and Child Smriti Zubin Irani and Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar will participate in the virtual meeting. State education ministers and secretaries will also join the meeting to discuss the future course of action to conduct the board exams and entrance exams amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank tweeted, "I would be attending a high-level virtual meeting chaired by the Minister of Defence Shri @rajnathsingh Ji to discuss the upcoming boards and professional course entrance examinations."

Union Education Minister has tweeted, "the Honourable Prime Minister has desired that any decision affecting the careers of his beloved students has to be taken in wide consultations with all State Governments & Stakeholders. I recently held a meeting with the State Education Secretaries in this regards."

Minister tweeted, "The consultative process will be further strengthened through a high level meeting to be chaired by Hon'ble Defence Minister Shri @rajnathsingh Ji, also to be attended by my cabinet colleagues Smt. @smritiirani Ji and Shri @PrakashJavdekar
Ji."

Nishank tweeted, "All the State Government Education Ministers and Secretaries have been requested to attend this meeting and to share their valuable views with regards to upcoming examinations. This virtual meeting will take place at 11.30 AM on 23rd May, 2021."

Earlier, the government has cancelled the CBSE Class 10 board exams in April due to a surge in the COVID-19 cases across the country. It has also postponed the CBSE Class 12 board exams scheduled to be held in May. Almost all the state board exams and entrance exams were deferred due to Coronavirus.