The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) recently laid out a few important conditions for a change of examination centre which need to be kept in mind by the students. The conditions are:
- Change of centre in the same district will not be allowed.
- NCT of Delhi will be considered as one district for this purpose hence change of examination centre from one district of Delhi to another district of Delhi will not be permitted.
- Change of examination centre will be allowed only in the district in which the applicant has shifted to, and in which CBSE is having affiliated schools. Provided, in case, a student is presently staying in a district in which there is no CBSE affiliated school, an examination centre in the neighbouring district will be allotted.
- In the containment zone, no examination centre will be permitted. In case of schools falling in containment zones as on date, examination centre of the students of these schools will be allotted outside the containment zone.
- Private candidates (2nd chance Compartment, Failures of the previous year, Improvement of Performance, Additional subject, Female candidates of NCT of Delhi, Visually Impaired candidates) and Patrachar Vidyalaya candidates who have not shifted from their district of examination centre to any other district in India will be required to appear for the examination from the allotted examination centre from where they have appeared earlier up to 18.3.2020.
- No examination will be conducted for the students studying in CBSE affiliated schools situated outside India(abroad) because of restrictions imposed by their Governments. Their result will be declared as per the assessment scheme to be decided by the Board.
- Result in respect of the subjects whose examinations will not be conducted by the Board will also be declared as per the assessment scheme to be decided by the Board.
- In case children with special needs availing the facility of scribe do not wish to appear in the forthcoming examination because of noncompliance of social distancing norms, their result will be declared as per the assessment scheme to be decided by the Board.
- The last date of any activity will not be changed under any circumstances.
- Once an option is exercised by the candidate/school for a change of examination centre, no change will be allowed thereafter.
- No request for re-conduct of the examination will be entertained.
In case you have further queries, feel free to dial the CBSE Helpline Number 1800-11-8002 to ask your queries. Services are available between 9.30 am to 5.00 pm on all working days.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):
Question 1.: What is the eligibility for making request for change of examination centre for private candidates?
Answer: Private candidates who have shifted from their district of examination centre to some other district in India can also make a request to change their examination centre.
Question 2.: What is the eligibility for making request for change of examination centre for regular candidates?
Answer: Following category of regular candidates who have shifted from their district of school to some other district in India will be eligible to make request for change of examination centre: i) Students who were residing in hostels ii) Students sponsored by State Governments iii) Students who have shifted from the district of their school to some other district within India
Question 3.: How could a candidate know the location of examination centre?
Answer: Candidate should personally check the location of the examination centre to avoid delay in reaching to the examination centre on the day of examination. Candidates can check the location of their examination centre with the help of Mobile App-‘Examination centre locator of CBSE from 20.06.2020. App is available in Play Store. This App will work only on Android Mobile.
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