Class 10 board exam for CBSE schools to be reintroduced from 2017-18

Class 10 board exam for CBSE schools
 to be reintroduced from 2017-18

Jaipur: Government will reintroduce compulsory class X board examination for CBSE  Schools from the 2017-18 academic year, Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said here on Monday, 14^th November  2016.

In an informal conversation with reporters after a meeting with the Rajasthan Education Minister, he informed about the decision to re-introduce class X board examination.

Javadekar also said state governments will be given authority to reintroduce class V and VIII board examinations, a proposal for which will be tabled in the Cabinet and then in Parliament.

"The decision to conduct class V and VIII board examinations will be left with the state," Javadekar said.

The main focus of HRD Ministry is on improving the quality of school education, specifically of government schools, he said.