In an important announcement for both students and parents, Union Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday (22 December) said that the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) will not conduct the class 10 and 12 examinations in February.
In a statement released by the Ministry of Education, final dates for the Board exams will soon be announced after discussion with the stakeholders, Pokhriyal said.
Pokhriyal was in a virtual interaction with teachers from across the country and talked about how the CBSE is making necessary preparations for conducting the 2021 examinations.
The minister also talked about the schedule and syllabus of the entrance examinations and said that the syllabus of JEE (Main) 2021 examination will remain the same as it was last year.
However, in order to overcome the impact of reduction of syllabus undertaken by some Boards, the question papers for JEE (Main) 2021 will have 90 questions (30 questions each in Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics), out of which the candidate will have to answer 75 questions (25 questions each in Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics), he added.