A circular attributed to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is doing the rounds on social media according to which ‘the remaining board examinations of class 10th and 12th which were postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak will resume from April 22, 2020’.
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the circular and found it to be FAKE.
During our research on this news, we found a tweet from the Press Information Bureau (PIB), where they have explicitly clarified that this information is untrue and the exam dates have not been fixed yet.
#FakeNews alert!
A #CBSE press release, stating that examination of standard 10 and 12 would resume from 22 April 2020, is #Fake and not issued by CBSE.
Exam dates have not been fixed yet.
Check out: https://t.co/MgrW534u0l#StayAwareandStayStafe #HelpUsToHelpYou pic.twitter.com/GYTeI9b3Fe
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) April 2, 2020
Hence, the above information proves that the viral circular is FAKE.
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