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2300 parents participate in campaign against CISCE for conducting board exams in July
More than 2,300 parents have initiated a Twitter campaign against Council for the Indian School Certification Examination (CISCE) decision of conducting board exams in July amid coronavirus crisis.CISCE stopped all board examinations with six papers still left for 10th-grade students (numbers may vary for individual students according to subjects chosen). While the lockdown was observed, only 236 coronavirus positive cases were identified across India, now, more than 3 lakh people are detected positive.

Now when there are nearly 3 lakh confirmed cases of Covid-19, the board has announced that they will complete the pending papers in the first two weeks of July.

Parents are befuddled by this stand of the board and raised a series of concerns in the parent community.

Issues concerning parents if they send their children to take pending board exams amid coronavirus crisis
Who will ensure the safety of our children?

One asymptomatic child or invigilator can infect all the kids in that classroom. The viral load of being in the same room for 4 hours is very high.

How do kids who use public transport travel?

What happens if a kid gets the infection before the exams?

What if the exam center or the child’s home falls in a containment zone?

Specifically, for 10th grade, why is it so essential to have this exam, a few years ago CBSE had canceled 10th boards.

Other than the logistical nightmare, what if the situation really worsens, the kids prepare again and then at the last minute the exams get canceled. What will be the psychological impact on our children?

We do not have the infrastructure to conduct these examinations safely. Answer scripts, threads, question papers are handled by many people and increase the change of Covid exponentially. Is this worth the risk?

Parents recognize that by not taking the exam they are jeopardizing their child’s results but are they willing to risk their child’s life? No way!

The underlying stress on the children is way too much; with one foot in grade 10 and one in grade 11.

It is not like they are not doing grade 11 studies and are having a jolly good time. No, they have online classes, projects, holiday homework, college apps, and all the usual burdens of an 11th-grade student. 11.

In this time and age, can we not find a solution that does not affect the psychological and physical well-being of our kids?

Israel had to close schools as 234 students and school employees tested positive after schools reopened. Why do we need to take this risk?
What is the lesson we are teaching our kids? Is health not before anything else?

Parents fight on Twitter against pending Board exams
A group of four concerned mothers started an online campaign on Twitter against resuming board exams.

In less than a day, around 2300 parents came together across the country to tweet about their anguish. The hashtags #studentslivesmatter and #Cancel10thICSEboards trended between numbers 18 and 22 for almost an hour on June 12.

#StudentsLivesMatter: Parents Take to Twitter for Cancelling CISCE Exams amid Covid-19
ith the total number of Covid-19 cases nearing the 3 lakh mark, the Council for the Indian School Certification Examination (CISCE) has announced that board examinations for the pending papers will be held in the first two weeks of July.

The Board had stopped all examinations with six papers still remaining for 10th standard students on March 19.

However, parents are befuddled by this stand of the Board which has raised a series of concerns for them.

United by a shared concern for their kids, four mothers got together and decided to get their voices heard. In less than a day, around 2,300 parents came together across the country to tweet about their anguish.

Fired by positivity to do something, they managed to tweet 30,000 times with the hashtags #studentslivesmatter and #Cancel10thICSEboards which trended between number 18 and 22 for almost an hour.
"In this time and age, can we not find a solution which does not affect the psychological and physical well-being of our kids," said two parents, Radhika Singh and Puneeta Chadha Khanna.

The worrisome thoughts in the parents' minds include -- "who will ensure the safety of our children"?
Social Media Pressure to Cancel Exams 2020 Builds up | Tweetathon on ICSE and CBSE Exams
#StudentsLivesMatter
Parents are afraid that even one asymptomatic student or invigilator can infect all the students in the classroom. The viral load of being in the same room for four hours is very high.

The second concern is — "how will the students who use public transport travel and what will happen if a student gets the infection before the exams"?

A petition has also been filed in the Bombay High Court by a parent, challenging the decision of the CISCE.

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