In the wake of the spread of COVID-19, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations has postponed all ICSE and ISC examinations that were scheduled to start from March 19.
A statement from the Council’s chief executive and secretary Gerry Arathoon said that in the interest of the “health and well-being of the students and teaching community,” the examinations had been postponed.
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“The revised dates for conduct of the remaining papers shall be notified in due course of time,” the statement added. The ICSE examination were scheduled to end on March 30 and ISC on March 31.
Mr. Arathoon told The Hindu that there were about 2,500 schools affiliated to the Council and the Class X (ICSE) and Class XII (ISC) examinations were scheduled to start on March 19.
A significant number of schools affiliated to the council are located in West Bengal.
ISKCON curbs
Meanwhile, the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Mayapur, which draws thousands of visitors every day, has restricted the ‘darshan’ time for devotees at the temple. The religious body’s Mayapur unit, which is located in Nadia district of South Bengal, has also cancelled all booking at its guest houses after March 21.
A few days ago, Belur Math, the headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission, had taken measures to prevent the crowding of devotees at the main temple complex at Belur in Howrah district.
