ICSE Board Exam 2021: Class 10, 12 Papers Postponed Due To Covid Crisis, Final Call In June

ICSE Exam 2021 Postponed: While making the announcement, CISCE said that it would take a call on when to conduct Class 10 and Class 12 board examination in June.

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ICSE Exam 2021 Postponed: Following the decision of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has also postponed the ICSE Class 10th and ISC Class 12th examinations dates on the backdrop of significantly rising cases of Coronavirus in the country.

While making the announcement, CISCE said that it would take a call on when to conduct Class 10 and Class 12 board examination in June.

"The Covid situation will be closely monitored and the deferment of the ICSE and ISC 2021 examinations will be reviewed and a final decision on the conduct of the examinations will be taken by the first week of June 2021," the board said in a statement.

Gerry Arathoon, the chief executive and secretary of CISCE, in a letter posted on the board’s official website said the Covid situation will be closely monitored and the deferment of the ICSE and ISC examinations will be reviewed. He added that a final decision on the conduct of the board examinations would be taken by the first week of June.

While the ISC (Class 12) examination will be conducted at a later date, the candidates for the ICSE (Class 10) examination will be given the following options: to write the offline examination along with the Class 12 candidates or not to write the offline examination.

In view of the ICSE (Class 10) candidates opting for the second option, the CISCE will develop a fair and an unbiased criterion while preparing the results of such candidates, the letter added.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) cancelled the Class 10 board exams and postponed the Class 12 examinations.

This came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the concerns in a meeting with the Education Minister, Secretary and other important officials against the backdrop of surge in coronavirus cases.