Madhya Pradesh Board Exams for Class 10, 12 postponed amid COVID-19 surge

The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to postpone the board exams for Class 10 and 12 in view of the rising COVID-19 cases in the state.

In a circular shared by the MP School Education Department on Twitter, the Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) said exams of the high school, higher secondary and diploma in pre-school education (vocational course) that were scheduled to begin from April 30 and May 1 are now postponed by one month.

मा.शि.म द्वारा आयोजित हाईस्कूल / हायर सेकेण्डरी / हायर सेकेण्डरी व्यावसायिक/डिप्लोमा इन प्री-स्कूल एजूकेशन,शारीरिक प्रशिक्षण पत्रोपाधि परीक्षाएं 1 माह के लिए स्थगित की जाती है। यह परीक्षाएं अब माह जून 2021 के प्रथम सप्ताह से प्रारंभ की जाकर अंतिम सप्ताह तक सम्पन्न कराई जायेंगी। pic.twitter.com/uyh15hvyO7

— School Education Department, MP (@schooledump) April 14, 2021

Now, the exams are likely to be conducted from the first week of June and the board will soon issue a new amended schedule, a spokesperson of the state board said.

On Tuesday, Madhya Pradesh recorded 8,998 new cases of coronavirus, the biggest single-day spike in the state since the outbreak of COVID-19 in March last year, pushing the infection count to 3,53,632.