GUWAHATI: The ICSE board on Thursday has postponed all exams between 19 March to 31 March due to the threat of Coronavirus disease across India.
Earlier, On Wednesday the chairman of Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE), G Immanuel said that the ICSE exams will be held as per their schedule but today in a statement the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE) said that they have has decided to postpone all ICSE and ISC 2020 examinations.
“In view of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading across the country and with much uncertainty and speculation in the air, the Council, in the interest of the health and well-being of the students and the teaching community, has decided to postpone all ICSE and ISC year 2020 examinations scheduled to be conducted between… 19 March 2020 and 31 March 2020,” the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE) said in a statement today.
“The revised dates for conduct of the remaining papers shall be notified in due course of time,” the council’s chief executive and secretary Gerry Arathoon said in the statement.
Meanwhile, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board has already postponed all exams till March 31.
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