National Institute of Open Schooling postponed Board Exam 2020 for Class 10 and 12

National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has postponed class 10 and 12 board exam 2020 scheduled to start from July 17 for now.  As per the notification released by the institute, the new dates for Class 10 and Class 12 Board exams will be released soon and will be available on the official site: nios.ac.in. Both theory and practical exams have been postponed.

The official notice reads, “In continuation of Notification No. 14/2020 dated 01.6.2020, the Public Examination of Secondary and Senior Secondary (Theory), March/April 2020 rescheduled to commence from 17th July 2020 stands postponed till further orders due to Covid-19 Pandemic situation. The NIOS learners are advised to visit NIOS website www.nios.ac.in www.sdmis.nios.ac.in for further information. This issues with the approval of the competent authority.” 

The exam was originally scheduled to be held from March 24, 2020 but was postponed due to the pandemic followed by the lockdown. Later the dates were revised and examination was again scheduled in July, which has again been postponed.