Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the decision to conduct the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams from should be reconsidered amid a worrying spike in Covid-19 cases across the country.
In view of the alarming situation in the national capital, the Delhi CM has requested the government to cancel the examinations, news agency ANI reported.
Stating that 6 lakh children in Delhi are going to write CBSE exams and nearly 1 lakh teachers will be a part of it, the CM warned that the exam centres can become major hotspots leading to large-scale spreading of Corona.
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