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Guidelines to change CBSE board exam centre

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Guidelines to change CBSE board exam centre

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In wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, CBSE announced that the pending board exams will be conducted from July 1 to July 15. But since the COVID-19 curve does not look like it will be flattening anytime soon, CBSE released a notification saying that the exams would be held in home schools of the students. Further, the students who are no longer present nearby the location of their schools cant opt for a different exam centre. This information was released with guidelines that will govern the request to change the CBSE exam centre.

The decision to allow students to change their centres to ensure safety was already announced by HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on May 20.

The need of the hour

This step was taken because the lockdown left many students in districts different from their school district. Therefore when the exams were conducted, they would have to travel to their respective centres, thus exposing them to a risk of infection.

Although the lockdown is scheduled to be lifted on June 8, the threat of coronavirus is far from gone. Changing their exam centres will enable the students to take their exams without travelling the distance to their allotted centres.

Furthermore, one school in each district will be appointed as the nodal examination centre. This will be where the students from other districts currently residing there can appear for their CBSE Board examinations.

This comes as welcome news to students who had shifted locations due to the COVID lockdown.

Eligibility Criteria to change the CBSE exam centre:

Regular candidates

Students who were residing in hostels

Students sponsored by state governments

Students who have shifted from the district of their school to some other district within India

Private candidates

Private candidates who have shifted from their district of examination centre to some other district in India can also make a request to change their exam centre

How can the centre be changed?

Regular candidates

CBSE students need to make exam centre change requests through their schools and not in any other way.

Schools will use the e-pariksha portal to provide information; all information has to be uploaded in one lot and the submission link once closed will not be opened again'

Districts without any CBSE affiliated schools will not have any exam centres.

Students in the aforementioned districts need to find a suitable neighbouring district to appear for their exams.

Private candidates

Candidates appearing for second change compartment, failures of previous year, improvement of performance, additional subject, female candidates of NCT of Delhi, visually impaired candidates appearing as private candidates and Patrachar Vidyalaya candidates who have shifted from their district of examination center to any other district in India can also apply to CBSE on the CBSE website or on the mobile app to change their district.

A few important points to note for the changing of exam centres are:

Change of exam centres in the same district will not be allowed.

No examination centre is permitted in containment zones.

CBSE schools outside India will not hold board exams; the results for these schools will be declared as per assessment rules to be decided by the board.

If children with special needs who need a scribe do not wish to appear for the pending CBSE board exams, their result will be declared as per assessment rules to be decided by the board.