CBSE Board exams from March 9, postponed by a week due to assembly elections

New Delhi: The class 10 and class 12 board examinations under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) this year has been postponed by a week due to assembly elections. The exams will commence from March 9, 2017. The schedule of the exams will be out soon. According to a TOI report, the CBSE had asked the CEC to keep in mind the schedule for board exams while setting the dates for the upcoming assembly polls. CBSE exams every year take place in the months of March and April. Assembly elections in the politically-crucial Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur will be held between February 4 and March 8. While polling will be spread over seven phases in Uttar Pradesh, it will be a one-day affair in Uttarakhand, Punjab and Goa, and a two-day exercise in Manipur. Counting of votes will be taken up together in all the states on March 11.