Class 12 Practical Exam To Be Held Online, Marks To Be Uploaded By June 28

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday announced that schools that have not completed the practicals or internal assessment components for Class 12 exams should conduct the remaining assessment in an online mode only and upload marks by June 28.

On Monday, the board issued a circular stating that ‘schools with pending practical’s/internal assessments are permitted to conduct the same now in only online mode.’ Earlier, many schools across the country had informed that they are unable to conduct the practical examination for CBSE class 12 students due to the covid-19 pandemic.

In response, the CBSE board has asked the schools to conduct the pending class 12 board practical examinations in an online mode and submit the marks to the board on or before June 28, 2021. For those practicals and subjects that need external evaluation, the external evaluators will decide on an exam date in consultation with the internal examiners and conduct viva voce through an online meeting.

For others, the concerned school teacher will conduct the internal assessment through an online mode. ‘Both the examiners should keep in mind that the marks allotted should not bunch towards the maximum marks which is highly unlikely in view of diverse levels of students,’ the board stated in a letter to the heads of all CBSE-affiliated schools.

Many schools have not completed their practicals, which were to be conducted physically in schools, as most states, including Delhi, ordered a return to complete closure of schools when Covid-19 cases surged again in April.