new delhi central board of secondary education cbse secretary anurag tripathi in a message to school students has asked them to utilise the lockdown period to hone their skills and use this time as a golden opportunity the cbse on wednesday announced the extension of application deadline till april 30 for schools looking for affiliation with the board tripathi wrote that lockdown has brought golden inconvenience to the children and teachers everyone has unlimited time a homelike laboratory and all the resources of the world available on the internet the entire house can be a learning center for children eclasses projects activities fun games video shoots and many more such activities can be derivedsuggesting students to start their day with light physical exercises meditation and yoga tripathi also suggested that they help their family with household chores he informed students that most cbse schools in the country have started online classesheres the letter by cbse secretary anurag tripathi