CBSE 12th Class re-exam on April 25, decision on 10th Class retest in next 15 days

CBSE 12^th Class re-exam on April 25, decision on 10^th Class retest in next 15 days:-

CBSE Class 12 economics paper will be held on April 25. The Board has not decided a date for Class 10 maths re-exam. The CBSE board has decided to re-conduct exams for class 10 Mathematics and class 12 Economics paper on Wednesday after paper leak was reported from Delhi. Education Secretary Anil Swarup told the media today that as leak was restricted to Delhi and Haryana of Class 10 maths, if it at all a re-exam will happen, it will happen only in Delhi and Haryana, and a decision will be taken on this in next 15 days.

After the board announced the decision, Delhi Police has launched a probe to look into the issue. Students and parents are questioning the decision of re-exam for all students and the country is witnessing several protests and petitions.The HRD minister Prakash Javadekar, who spoke to the media on Thursday afternoon, said the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will take a call on the fresh exam dates soon and an "announcement will be made by Monday or Tuesday".

The Human Resources and Development Ministry today announced that the Central Board of Secondary Education's Class 12 economics re-test will be held on April 25 all across the country.

The HRD Ministry, however, did not announce a date for the Class 10 maths exam, saying the CBSE would take a decision on that later.

The ministry also suggested that the Class 10 mathematics re-exam may not even take place.

The Board will take a decision on holding the mathematics re-exam in the next fortnight, Anil Swarup, the HRD Ministry secretary said at a press conference today evening.

Swarup said that the Board is still examining whether there is even a need to conduct the Class 10 mathematics re-test, suggesting that the controversial question paper leak may not even have happened.

The conditions do not apply for the Class 12 economics examination, Swarup said, adding that the re-exam will take place on April 25. There is confirmation that the Class 12 economics question paper was indeed leaked, Swarup said.