HPBoSE Class 12 board exams cancelled, state govt extends corona curfew till June 14

Source: The Indian Express

The Himachal Pradesh government Saturday cancelled the HP Board of School Examinations (HPBoSE) class 12 board examinations for the year 2020-21 and also extended the current ‘Corona curfew’ till June 14, Education Minister Govind Singh Thakur said.

On cancelling the class 12 board exams, he said the HP Board would plan a formula for calculating the awards for students keeping in view the formula being devised by the CBSE.

Also, in case some students are not content with the results arrived at this way, they would be allowed to appear in a special examination to be directed once the situation is favorable for conducting the examination, he added.

The state government had earlier cancelled Class 10 board exams. All the students would be promoted to class 11 by the board as per the norms suggested by CBSE for its students for the 10th standard examination, as per the official statement.

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