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  Finally, after a long long wait, the dates for the board examinations 2021 have been announced by the education minister. He went live today at 6:00 p.m. and announced the finalized dates for the CBSE board examinations.  As Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said today, the CBSE board exams will be conducted  From      4th May 2021 If we talk about the ICSE board exams we can expect them to be conducted in the close vicinity of the CBSE dates. However, they are also expected to be released soon.

  We have seen a couple of syllabus reductions from the 2 major councils of India, CBSE and CICSE. However there are some more things that are being considered by the boards during these times of crisis. Read on to find more: It has been observed by the councils, that after the 30 % syllabus reduction, many schools are still not able to pace the syllabus timely. A lot of areas and small towns also don't have proper access to internet facilities which is making it difficult for them to make up with online format of education.  An CISCE official said that the council can consider 2 possibilities. Either to make a further reduction in the syllabus or to postpone the boards examinations to somewhere in April-May. One of these possibilities can be considered and implemented by the council in the upcoming days.  The CBSE on the other hand has released its sample papers for the 2021 examinations and therefore there's a less chance for further syllabus reduction. The NCERT also r...