'Cancel CBSE board exams 2021': Priyanka Gandhi writes to Ramesh Pokhriyal, Rahul Gandhi tweets support
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wrote a letter to Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Sunday asking to cancel the CBSE board exams 2021. Rahul Gandhi also tweeted for the CBSE board exams to be reconsidered.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wrote a letter to Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Sunday asking to cancel the CBSE board exams 2021 in light of the spike in Covid-19 cases to ensure the safety of students in crowded exam centres. CBSE 2021My letter to the Minister of Education @DrRPNishank asking him to reconsider allowing the CBSE to conduct board exams under the prevailing COVID wave. pic.twitter.com/Ai4Zl796il Priyanka Gandhi said that if the students were made to sit in crowded exam halls for the CBSE board exams at a time when more than a lakh new coronavirus cases were coming to light in India per day, then the government and CBSE would be held responsible in case the exam centres turned into Covid-19 hotspots. “The government and the CBSE board might want to consider whether they are prepared to own the legal liability for students or others who might be severely affected by the disease in this manner,” she said in her letter.More Related News