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The COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak in India has led to postponement of various examinations scheduled to be held in the month of March and April 2020. Many states have announced the closure of school and colleges till March 31, 2020 as a preventive measure to stop the virus from spreading.
Nearly 251 people have been infected by the deadly virus across the country with 4 casualties. Globally, the virus has infected over 2 lakh people and killed nearly 10,000 people. The most affected country with COVID-19 (coronavirus) is China and Italy with more than 3000 casualties. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it as a global pandemic.
Check here the list of Exams Postponed in India
CBSE 10 and 12 Board Exams 2020: Class 10 and 12 board examinations which were scheduled to take place between 19th to 31st March, have been postponed. The board will notify the new dates after 31st March.
ICSE Class 10 and 12 Board Exams: CISCE has postponed its ongoing board exams of class 10th and 12th from 19th March till 31st March.
Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2020 April: The JEE Mains examination slated to take place on 05th April 2020, has also been postponed.
NIOS: NIOS or National Institute of Open Schooling has postponed secondary and senior secondary examination till 31st March.
Bihar D.El.Ed. Joint Entrance Exam 2020: Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has postponed its Bihar D.El.Ed joint entrance exam 2020 that was scheduled for 28th March.
BSEH Haryana Board 10th, 12th Exams 2020: The Board of School Education, Haryana (BSEH) has postponed BSEH class 10 and 12 exams remaining exams which were scheduled from 19 to 31 March.
MAH MCA CET 2020 Exam: The Maharashtra MCA CET 2020 exam that was scheduled for March 28 has been postponed to 30th March.
GUJCET 2020: Gujarat Secondary and Higher Education Board (GSEB), Gandhinagar has announced the postponement of GUJCET 2020. The exam will now be conducted after 15th April.
Several Competitive Exams have also been postponed in view of the ongoing situation in the country due to the coronavirus outbreak. Some of them are as follows:-
- SSC CHSL and JE Exam
- RBI Assistant Main Exam
- BPSC Assistant Engineer Exam
- ITBP Constable Examination
- Kerala PSC Recruitment 2020 exam
Maharashtra Public Service Commission Recruitment 2020 Exam
- UPSC has postponed the Personality Tests (Interviews) of the applicants of Civil Services (Main) Exam slated to take place from 23rd March 2020, to 03rd April 2020.
Also See:
- SSC JE Recruitment 2020 Notification
- CSIR UGC NET 2020
- SSC CHSL and JE 2019 Exam Postponed due to COVID-19