Coronavirus in UAE: Schools to go ahead with CBSE board exams as planned

  • Date: 04-Mar-2020
  • Source: Khaleej Times
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:UAE
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Coronavirus in UAE: Schools to go ahead with CBSE board exams as planned

The Indian High School, a centre for the exams said the exams will go ahead as scheduled.. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Grade 10 and 12 examinations will go ahead as planned, several schools told Khaleej Times.. Stringent safety and hygiene protocols will also be adopted by the schools to ensure the safety of students attempting the exams.. Unless and until the board advises otherwise, we will be organizing the exams for students," said an Indian High School official.. We have everything in place to ensure that those examinations continue as planned.". Zubair Ahmed, the head of HR and administration at the Springdale School Dubai, said, "All board exams will go ahead as scheduled.. The directive has come from the board in India.". EP Johnson, the president of Indian Association in Sharjah, the not-for-profit body that manages Sharjah Indian School, confirmed all board exams will go ahead as planned until March 26.. Johnson said Sharjah Indian School is one among the biggest centre for the board exams in the UAE as a total of 1,500 students from other schools attempt the exams in the SIS school campus and 1,072 students from Sharjah Indian schools are attempting the exam