new delhi a few days ago some websites wrongly carried a story that the central board of secondary education cbse had released the tentative dates for the class xii board practical exams raman verma and his classmates panicked the private school student scrambled to verify the authenticity of the news and was relieved to discover the news was fakewithout having attended a single physical class this year and with no signs of schools reopening students of class x and xii are filled with stress all of them wondering if they will be able to manage the board exams having attended only online classes riya dikshit a class x student in a government school expressed the wish of all students when she said i hope we have physical classes before we are sent to write the board examswracked by anxiety vivek a student of government coed sarvodaya vidyalaya sector 8 rohini asked i was reading that a few states have pushed their board exams to may do you think cbse will do the same he said it was easier to clarify doubts with the teachers in the classroom vivek is using an app called doubtnet to clarify confusions if the app is unable to address my concern i have to call my teacher he said he is edgy about the exams because his father could not afford private tuitions due to financial issues at home caused by the covid19 pandemicunlike vivek who uses a tablet gifted by delhi government on scoring good marks in his class x exams mohini relies on her mobile phone the class xii student of government girls senior secondary school madanpur khadar despaired i am so worried about how am i going to write my board examsshe initially missed some classes because she had to share the family phone with her brother who is also in class xii our teacher sent us voice notes on whatsapp and that is how i studied at that time she said then an ngo help me find a sponsor for a phone my family also chipped in and that is how i am able to attend online classes now but she still has to divert the money she received to buy textbooks to recharge her data packits not as if only government school students are sweating about the exams darshan ram a class xii commerce student at bluebells school international said it has become quite worrisome now in the online classes one cannot be mentally present at all times even if physically present the lack of connect makes it easy to lose concentration for ram maths and accountancy are especially challenging he takes private tuition for these subjects but its again onlineram lists exam assessment as another headachei am really worried because of the reduced syllabus everyone might do well and the competition for college seats will be intense the youngster said besides in our weekly tests and halfyearly exams all threehour papers allowed half that time for multiple choice questions