Maharashtra Postpones Scholarship Test For Class 5, 8 Scheduled On May 23

The Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE) has postponed the scholarship test for students of Class 5 and Class 8 considering the surge in COVID-19 cases.

The Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE) has postponed the scholarship test for students of Class 5 and Class 8 considering the surge in COVID-19 cases. The new date for the Pre-Higher Secondary Scholarship Examination for the students of Class 5 and Pre-Secondary Scholarship Examination for the students of Class 8 has not been announced yet. The MSCE scholarship exam was scheduled to be held offline as centre-based test in all the districts of Maharashtra on May 23. कोरोनाचा वाढता प्रादुर्भाव पाहता विद्यार्थी हिताच्या दृष्टीने २३मे २०२१ रोजी सर्व जिल्ह्यांमध्ये एकाच दिवशी होणारी पूर्व उच्च माध्यमिक शिष्यवृत्ती परीक्षा(इ.५वी)व पूर्व माध्यमिक शिष्यवृत्ती परीक्षा(इ.८वी)तूर्त पुढे ढकलण्यात आली आहे.परीक्षेची पुढील तारीख योग्यवेळी कळविण्यात येईल. pic.twitter.com/maaDpyJgFm This year as many as 47,662 schools of Maharashtra have registered for the scholarship examination. A total of 6,32,478 students of which 3,88,335 students from Class 5 and 2,44,143 students from Class 8 will appear for this examination. While announcing the postponement, the School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said: “In view of the increasing prevalence of corona, the Pre-Higher Secondary Scholarship Examination (Class 5) and Pre-Secondary Scholarship Examination (Class 8) to be held on the same day in all the districts on 23rd May 2021 has been postponed immediately.”