‘I sympathise but…’: Shashi Tharoor replies to students’ demand to cancel board exams 2022

NEW DELHI: Class 10, 12 students who are going to appear for the board exams 2022 have been demanding to cancel the exams or declare results based on alternative assessment criteria like last year. Students claimed that they were not taught to appear for board exams offline and sought Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s help in this regard.

Responding to students, Shashi Tharoor said, “I sympathise with the problem but what's the solution? If exams are not held won't the students lose a year?”

The Supreme Court on February 23 dismissed the plea against offline board exams 2022 saying "let authorities take decision". Following the top court’s decision, students expressed their disappointment on social media.

I sympathise with the problem but what's the solution? If exams are not held won't the students lose a year? https://t.co/XbmLu6UO6r

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) March 6, 2022

Students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), Maharashtra HSC 2022 and other state boards have been requesting online board exams 2022. However, the state education boards have announced to hold offline exams.

Moreover, WBBSE, Maharashtra HSC exam 2022, Madhya Pradesh board, BSEB Bihar board have already started conducting Class 10, 12 exams.

The CBSE has also announced to hold Class 10, 12 term 2 exams from April 26, 2022. The CISCE recently revised the ICSE Class 10 date sheet of semester 2 board exams 2022. The revised date sheet is available on the official website - cisce.org.