"Reconsider" Class 12 Board Exams: Priyanka Gandhi Writes To Education Minister

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said she has written to the Minister of Education summarising numerous suggestions she received from students, parents and teachers regarding the Class 12 CBSE exams.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today wrote to Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and urged him to not hold Class 12 board exams amid the pandemic, saying children will be subjected to great injustice if they are pushed into circumstances that endanger their lives. I have written to the Minister of Education summarising numerous suggestions I received from students, parents and teachers regarding the 12th standard CBSE exams. Their voice must be heard. pic.twitter.com/NIj4Jly0Hv In her letter to the minister, Priyanka Gandhi shared the suggestions she received from several students and parents who had interacted with her on the matter in the past few days. After a high-level meeting on May 23, the minister had said that there was a broad consensus among states about conducting Class 12 board exams and an "informed, collaborative" decision would be taken by June 1. In a tweet, Priyanka Gandhi said: "I have written to the Minister of Education summarising numerous suggestions I received from students, parents and teachers regarding the 12th standard CBSE exams. Their voice must be heard."