CBSE Has Not Asked Any School To Conduct Only Offline Exams

Schools can’t force students for offline exams, says DEO

CBSE Has Not Asked Any School To Conduct Only Offline Exams

Ramendra.Singh@timesgroup.com

Bhopal:20.09.2021

District education office, Bhopal, made it clear on Saturday after several parents complained that schools are forcing their children to take offline exams that schools can’t force students to take offline exams.

School education department has also made it clear that action will be taken against the schools that force students for offline exams without their consent.

The tussle between parents and management of several schools in Bhopal over offline exams has intensified.

Although CBSE has not asked any school to conduct only offline exams, several schools have forced parents to send their wards to school for the campus exams.

Parents have also complained against such schools to district administration.

DEO Bhopal, Nitin Tripathi said, “Schools can conduct offline exams, but they can’t force any parent for offline exams. If parents are not willing to send their children to campus, then school will have to conduct online exams. The rule is applicable for all boards in the state capital.”

Senior school education department officials said on the condition of anonymity that several parents have contacted them to seek their intervention.

“Parents have been told that they can file a complaint if schools have refused to conduct online exams and force parents for offline exams without their consent,” said an official.

Such is the situation that even the schools that kept their campuses closed till date have also forced the parents to send their children for offline exams.

“This is strange that on one side schools have kept their campuses closed, citing fear of a third wave and on the other side they are insisting that my children write their exams on campus only. I have never seen such kind of approach,” lamented a parent, Avinash Rao.

Parents also alleged that schools have also refused to provide bus facilities.

“My daughter’s school has opened the campus after announcement of the reopening by the state government. However, school authorities have not started school buses, saying it is not easy to handle primary school children in the bus. If they can’t handle them in the bus, then how would they do it in the class,” asked another parent, Anita Mukherjee.