SSC, HSC Exams in Maharashtra likely to be offline

Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) officials have said that they are working towards conducting the usual offline board exams, which are scheduled to be held in the month of April. However, several students and their parents have demanded for online board exams or school-level assessments for Class 10 and Class 12 this year in view of rising cases of Covid-19 in the state.
According to the officials, the decision of offline format exam was considered after seeing the large volume of students, who will be appearing for HSC and SSC board exams, which will start on April 23 and 29, respectively. More than 30 lakh students will sit for their MSBSHSE Class 10 and MSBSHSE Class 12 board exams across the state this year.