Of the 32 that have stated yes to the examinations, about 29 states and UTs have either suggested a choice for CBSEs Option B or agreed to support the Centres choice on the matter. Just Rajasthan, Tripura, Telangana have shown a preference for Option A, or the existing format.

As initially reported by The Indian Express on Wednesday, the Education Ministry, in the national assessment hung on Sunday with all states, has suggested that it is leaning towards Option B or the truncated examination format.

While Kerala and Assam have actually also mentioned vaccination in their feedback, their assistance for holding Board assessment doesnt depend upon it. In their letter to the Education Ministry, Delhi and Maharashtra, too, stressed the value of vaccinating instructors and trainees.

Kerala General Education Secretary Mohammed Hanish informed The Indian Express that the state has communicated its preparedness to conduct the CBSE Board test. “We havent taken any stand on the 2 choices suggested by the CBSE Board. It was left to the Board to choose. Kerala has a track record of performing state Board examinations after guaranteeing
We are completely ready to conduct the evaluations”.

Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh have actually requested the Union federal government not to introduce too many changes in the pattern of the concern paper.

The states shared the composed feedback at the request of the Union federal government, which initially held a national assessment on the topic on Sunday. The meeting was chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and participated in by Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar and Women and Child Minister Smriti Irani.

While Uttarakhand, Assam and Uttar Pradesh are likewise all right with holding CBSE Board assessments, they have actually expressed issues that holding exams in July may accompany the monsoon.

In Sundays conference, Pokhriyal had underlined the value of the school-leaving examination, which was echoed by senior officers of the ministry.

In their feedback to the Education Ministry today, as lots of as 32 states and Union Territories (UTs) have actually supported CBSEs proposal to go ahead with the Class 12 Board assessment, with only four– Delhi, Maharashtra, Goa, and Andaman & & Nicobar– unconditionally opposing pen-and-paper evaluations, The Indian Express has found out.

Kerala General Education Secretary Mohammed Hanish told The Indian Express that the state has communicated its readiness to conduct the CBSE Board examination. “We havent taken any stand on the two options suggested by the CBSE Board. It was left to the Board to decide. Kerala has a performance history of carrying out state Board exams after ensuring
social distancing and other
Covid-19 protocol,” he said.

Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal said, “As the Union government has revealed, we are also in favour of carrying out Class 12 examinations. We shall do it appropriately, according to guidelines received from the Union government. We are totally prepared to perform the assessments”.

By Wednesday, all states and UTs, other than Odisha, had actually shared their feedback with the Union government.

While the minister firmly insisted that students safety was the governments top concern, he also stressed the pitfalls of promoting trainees without “trusted assessment”.– With ENS inputs

However, even among the 29 states that choose Option B or have agreed to support the ministrys choice, some have developed riders. States such as Punjab, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Daman and Diu have actually suggested that the assessment needs to be held only after all trainees and instructors are vaccinated.

Under Option B, exams for major topics will be conducted in the trainees own schools, instead of at designated centres, and each exam will be for a much shorter period of 90 minutes.

The Education Ministry will collate the feedback and announce a decision on the Board evaluations next week, by June 1.

CBSE had actually proposed two alternatives to the Education Ministry for conducting the Class 12 Board assessments for 19 significant topics.

Under Option A, tests for the 19 major topics will be held in the “existing format” at designated evaluation centres, while marks for small subjects are to be determined based on efficiency in major topics. The 3 states that went with this format are found out to have actually justified their option on the ground that students may not be comfortable with last-minute modifications in the evaluation format.