THE BOARD EXAMINATION MORASS
The CBSE, the finest bastion of academic edifice in the country has put an uncertain end to the morass surrounding the board examinations of class 10 and 12 amidst the surging coronavirus cases in the country. In what seemed to be an attempt to call a truce with students, the recent announcement by the board only seems to be an overture to a more complex debate. While the announcement came as a partial relief to class 10 students, the uncertainty surrounding class 12 examinations has only made students more anxious about the possible end. As an 18-year-old myself, who has had a rather mundane existence throughout the past year and a half, the lone driving force to sustain the mammoth task of studying was a farfetched yet certain end to the 15 years of school life. The announcement to postpone the examination until a further announcement on June 1 has made students complacent towards the prospect of studies. Many have begun to extrapolate about the possible course of action by ...