Exam Centres will Become Super-Spreaders if CBSE Board Exams not Cancelled: Sisodia

Batting for cancellation of board exams, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi and Minister of Education Manish Sisodia said that exam centres can become super-spreader if exams are held. “When the whole year of education is not done in the old way, then why is there stubbornness to conduct the exam in the old way at the end of the year?,” said Sisodia.

“Looking at the coronavirus cases across the country now is the time to cancel the CBSE board examinations. When the whole year of education is not done in the old way, then why is there stubbornness to conduct the exam in the old way at the end of the year? then why is there stubbornness to conduct the exam in the old way at the end of the year? If the exam is not canceled, the examination centers will become super-spreaders,” Sisodia wrote in a Tweet.

Earlier, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also demanded for cancellation of CBSE Board exams.  “6 lakh children in Delhi are going to write CBSE exams. Nearly 1 lakh teachers will be a part of it. These can become major hotspots leading to the large-scale spreading of Corona. Children’s lives & health is very important to us. I request the Centre to cancel CBSE exams,” Kejriwal told the news agency ANI.