CBSE brainstorming when and how to conduct board exams twice a year

The CBSE is in a dilemma over scheduling the two rounds of board examinations as recommended in the new National Curriculum Framework – its options being January-February, March-April and June. According to officials, consultations are on and no decision has been made yet about when and in which format the plan to conduct board exams twice a year will be implemented. The board has told the Union education ministry that more than 150 steps are required to conduct board exams of Classes 10 and 12 in the current system. The framework, which was released by the ministry in August last year, also proposed that students be given the option to write their board exams twice a year. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told PTI in an interview last October that appearing for board exams twice a year won't be mandatory for students.