CBSE 2021 news: Board exams now postponed till after Feb 2021; See more highlights

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' dressed  existing queries by students, parents and teachers regarding 2021 board exams on Tuesday. webinar went live at 4 pm on December 22 today on Twitter or Facebook. education minister me important anuncements regarding CBSE Class 12 exam 2021 as well as CBSE Class 10 exam 2021. He also talked about NEP and role it would play in education of our children. Re on to kw more details about CBSE 2021 datasheet for Class 10th & 12th board exams.

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Highlights of Live webinar by Education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal (Dec. 22)

• Union education minister started live webinar by ackwledging role of teachers, and ir COVID warrior self, which enabled m to continue acemic year when schools are t even open all over India. 
• He n started talking about how NEP, that is National Education Policy, will play an important role in education in India. 
• Talking about vancements in education system to be seen in future, it was revealed that Vocational training courses with an internship in same would be included from Class 6 onwards. 
• He also talked about including kwledge about Ancient India into school curriculum would be done in future. Apart from industrial & technical kwledge about subjects, India would be first country to start AI at school level. He stated that NEP would play an important role in making students of our country good human, good citizen, as well as global citizens. 
• Education Minister n mentioned that CBSE is spending time training teachers. Till w, 4.80 lakh teachers so far and is continuing to do so.
• Pokhriyal also mentioned that efforts to take better education facilities to rural areas is still at works and people are working efficiently for same. 
• He n talked about JEE Main stating that out of 90 questions, students will have to answer only 75 questions. Plus students whose boards have reduced syllabus would have 30% lesser choices so y won't be at any loss. Thus students would be able to prepare according to ir own boards. 
• Stating about CBSE 2021 board exams, he confirmed that exams would be conducted post-February only. 
• CBSE 2021 board exams would have 30% reduced syllabus, and 33% internal choices would be available in exam. Different states have reduced syllabus and should be checked accordingly. All details are mentioned on CBSE website as well. 

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CBSE board exam 2021 news

10 days ago, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishant held a live session at 10 am to interact with students, teachers and parents from across country. Pokhriyal congratulated ministers and officials for successfully conducting board and competitive exams amid pandemic. He stated that this year, 5.1 per cent more students h applied for NEET exam. Union Minister also said that Education Ministry has increased number of exam centres this year to fulfil needs of social distancing while giving exams. From his webinar, minster Nishank anunced  JEE Main exam dates for next year that would be held from February 23 to 26, March 15 to 18, April 27 to 30 and May 24 to 28. He also mentioned that 2021 board exams would have more objective questions and it would be more application based. In early week of December, it was revealed that board exams in 2021 would be conducted in written mode only and t online. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) officials also said that if students were t able to sit for practicals in classes before exams, alternatives would be explored.

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