New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that AAP government in the national capital is not in favour of holding any examination amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Amid rising cases of COVID-19 and fear of third wave, we should assess students based on internal assessment just like class 10. Students, if not happy with class 12 marks should be given an option to appear for written exams at a later stage. We need to think link a parent, said Manish Sisodia after the meeting.

This comes after CBSE has given option for States to choose objective type questions instead of subjective type, that would reduce exam time from 3 hours to 1.5 hours.

The virtual meeting was chaired by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh along with many other ministries and other stakeholders.

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Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Minister of Women and Child Smriti Zubin Irani and Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar was present in the meeting along with Education Ministers of all states, Education Secretaries and Chairpersons of the State Examination Boards to discuss the proposals for the conduct of exams for Board Exams 2021 for Class XII and other entrance examinations for professional courses.

Earlier, Education Minister has asked valuable suggestions from students, teachers, parents, and others regarding the conduct of Class 12 board exams and other entrance exams in this situation. The suggestions can be sent to him on his official twitter handle, as stated.