nirmal waddan principal of the kalyani school agrees unfortunately cbse or any education board for that matter does not have any choice left but to immediately declare the cancellation of examshowever others feel that board exams should be conducted even if that means waiting for another six months former cbse chairperson ashok ganguly said it is expected that the situation will definitely improve in the coming days and we can conduct the class xii exam sometime in the month of july the summative exam is essential because it is the end of school education and we dont have any credible formative assessment in place earlier we had continuous and comprehensive evaluation which was subsequently discontinuedk r venugopal vice chancellor bangalore university said the exams should not be cancelled we can wait for a few months for the pandemic to subside a delay of three to four months in life means nothing to a person in the long runsome educationists felt online exams can be considered as an option rather than cancellation anand bhalerao principal and dean college of engineering bharati vidyapeeth deemed university pune said the solution lies in adapting fast to the changing conditions by using digital mediums to conduct examinations in a fair mannercaught in the uncertainty students remain an anxious lot i want the exams to be cancelled its hard to study and be motivated for an exam you do not know when it will be held said bhadra anil class xii student of whitefield global school bengalurudr mary chacko mother of an isc candidate said the priority right now is keeping students and teachers safe the boards should publish results based on internal marks but give option for an improvement exam