India
oi-Vicky Nanjappa
New Delhi, May 23: Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh will chair a crucial meeting to decide the fate of the pending Class 12 CBSE exam. The meeting will be attended by the state education ministers and secretaries.
Reports suggest that the Centre has proposed to conduct the exams for major subjects only. There are 20 subjects of the 174 which are considered to be major. The board students take a minimum of five subjects and a maximum of six of which four are considered to be major.
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal had on Monday chaired a review meeting with the education secretaries of states and UTs to discuss various measures adopted for the management of the education system during Covid, strategies adopted for online and offline learning in schools so far and the way forward.
According to officials, the issue of pending class 12 board exams also came up for discussion…