new delhi the central board of secondary education cbse said on friday that it has not taken any decision yet on class 12 board exams even as a section of students and parents have been demanding cancellation of exams in view of the covid19 pandemic situationit is clarified that no such decision cancellation of exams has been taken regarding class 12 board examination as being speculated any decision taken in this matter will be officially communicated to the public a senior cbse official saidthe official was responding to a question about possibility of cancellation of class 12 board exams following demands by section of students and parents who have expressed concern over the covid19 pandemic situationthe board had on april 14 announced cancellation of class 10 exams and postponed class 12 exams in view of surge in covid19 cases the decision was taken at a highlevel meeting chaired by prime minister narendra modithe exams which are usually conducted in februarymarch every year were scheduled to be held from may 4the class 12 exams have been postponed and a review of the situation will be done after june 1 students will be given at least a 15day notice before the exams are conducted a board official had then saidthe cbse had earlier this month announced the marking policy for class 10 board examsaccording to the policy while 20 marks for each subject will be for internal assessment as every year 80 marks will be calculated on basis of the students performance in various tests or exams throughout the yearschools across the country were closed in march last year to contain the spread of covid19 ahead of a nationwide lockdownseveral states started reopening the schools partially from october last year but physical classes were again suspended because of the rise in coronavirus caseslast year the board exams had to be postponed midway in march they were later cancelled and the results were announced based on an alternative assessment schemewith 343 lakh people testing positive for coronavirus in a day indias covid19 tally of cases climbed to 24046809 while the death toll rose to 262317 with 4000 fresh fatalities according to the union health ministry data updated on friday