SSC CHSL 2021 exam postponed from April 20; New dates to be announced soon

NEW DELHI: The Staff Selection Commision (SSC) has issued a notice on its office website ssc.nic.in in which it has said that the SSC CHSL exam has been postponed from April 20 onwards. The decision to postpone the SSC CHSL exam has been taken in wake of the rising number of COVID 19 cases. The new dates for the SSC CHSL exam would be announced soon.

SSC CHSL was being held from April 12 onwards. In wake of the spike in COVID 19 cases students were demanding for the postponement of the exam. However, the commission previously took to twitter wherein they had urged the candidates not to pay heed to rumours and the SSC CHSL exam would be conducted.

Once again the SSC took to twitter to make the announcement about the postponement of the remaining SSC CHSL exam. They also posted the same information on their official website.

SSC Announces Postponement of SSC CHSL Exam

Covid19 के बढ़ते मामलों के कारण SSC CHSL Exam स्थगित कर दी गई है। जिन अभ्यर्थियों की परीक्षा 20 अप्रैल से 27 अप्रैल तक होनी थी उन सभी के लिए https://t.co/Nqjcr9jTZr पर जल्द ही सूचना निकाली जाएगी । @ssc_official__

— staff selection commission of India (@ssc_official__) April 19, 2021

Due to the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, the
Commission has decided to defer the Combined Higher Secondary (10+2)
Level Examination (Tier-I), 2020 with effect from 20-04-2021. Fresh dates.@ssc_official__ pic.twitter.com/pvCqfklldR

— staff selection commission of India (@ssc_official__) April 19, 2021

SSC CHSL Exam 2021- Problems faced by students due to Covid 19

A number of state governments had imposed weekend curfew while others ahd imposed lockdown due to COVID 19. This resulted in students facing problem reaching the SSC CHSL exam centres as there were minimal means of transportation. Moreover, candidates felt that it wsa risky to appear for the exam as the second wave of COVID 19 is considered to be more deadly than the first one.

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