The move comes days before the Union education ministry and the CBSE is expected to take a final call on the Class XII board exams. Against this backdrop, FICCI strongly recommends that Class XII board examinations should be called off and an alternate solution devised to determine academic progression," the Ficci president has written. “More than 500,000 Indian students go abroad every year and over 200,000 have confirmed offer of admission this year. For example, in 2019-20 only 25,032 Indian students were pursuing UG education in the US, of the cumulative 193,124 Indian students’ enrolment in that year there. Besides, for UG admissions, school board exam marks or grades is one of the factors.

Source: Mint May 30, 2021 09:00 UTC