Delhi education department says riot-affected students who missed CBSE board exams ‘needn’t worry’, tells schools to keep record

New Delhi: The Delhi government’s education department on Tuesday issued guidelines for heads of schools and superintendents of exam centres to ensure that the records of students from the city’s violence-hit areas who are not appearing for exams are maintained meticulously and shared with the CBSE. [caption id=“attachment_3863195” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Reuters[/caption] The Directorate of Education also assured the students that they need not worry in case they miss their ongoing exams until 7 March. “Schools of such students will directly enrol them for repeat exam which the CBSE will conduct at a later date,” said a government statement. Students have also been advised to check with their schools after 7 March for details about the exams to be held again. They can contact the heads of their schools for books, stationeries and other material, if required, it said. Further, a special parent-teacher meeting (PTM) will be organized in all schools of the northeast district and adjoining areas of Delhi on 4 and 5 March to assure parents about the well-being of their children, it added. Students in the national capital’s areas affected by communal riots last week had a hard time preparing for the board exams. However, over 98 percent class 12 students appeared for both the physics and history exams in the riot-torn areas on Monday and Tuesday respectively.