© thehindu.comCBSE cancels class 10 exams, reschedules class 12 board exams in Middle East
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday cancelled Class 10 board exams in several West Asian countries due to the war between Iran and the US and Israel. For Class 12, the board has postponed the March 7 exam and said it will "review the situation" the same day before taking a call on papers scheduled from March 9 onwards. The board will later notify the mode of declaration of results for thousands of affected students studying in over 150 CBSE-affiliated schools in Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
CBSE conducts the Class 10 and 12 board exams annually in India and in select foreign centres where its affiliated schools operate. The Gulf region constitutes the largest overseas cluster of CBSE schools, with Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Riyadh among key examination hubs.
"The mode of declaration of results for Class 10 students in the Middle East will be notified in due course," said CBSE exam controller Dr Sanyam Bhardwaj in a circular March 5, which lists the Indian ambassadors to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iran, as well as the Consul General of India in Dubai, among those copied for information and necessary action.