BHUBANESWAR: Close on the heels of CBSE, ICSE students going online to demand cancellation of board exams due to the ongoing third Covid wave, higher secondary students under the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha, raised similar objection on social media. On Tuesday, students from higher secondary colleges also staged protest at Master Canteen Square, demanding cancellation of the board exams.
“If the classes were on then we could have thought of appearing in the exam. But since classes are suspended and courses are not completed yet, it will be difficult for us to appear for the examination. The government should consider cancelling the exam,” said Puja Sahu, a Class XII student.
School and mass education minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Monday asked students to be prepared for the board examinations, which is likely to be held on schedule given that daily Covid cases have started dropping in the state, raising hope for offline examination.
