How has COVID-19 affected Examination Industry?

Due to COVID-19, all the educational institutes and examination authorities have postponed their exams. This major step was taken to minimize the spread of coronavirus. Not only national boards like CBSE, ICSE, CISCE but universities like DU, IPU, IIT, NIT and many others have taken a back in conducting their exams.  

All the aspirants who were planning to cross borders have to wait too. Standardized examinations like GMAT, GRE, SAT, ACT are also suspended. 

This step was taken to prioritize the health of students. Now schools, universities or institutions are no longer giving offline assessment to their students because they are all closed. They all are shifting virtual teaching mode and online assessment procedure. 

Further our honorable prime minister of the country, Mr. Narendra Modi has locked down the whole nation to curb the spread of COVID-19. 

It is indeed a difficult time for all of us. But let’s have an insight on how Covid-19 has affected educational and examination centers.   The Ministry of Human Resource Development has ordered all the Universities, Institutions,  national boards and the state boards to postpone their exams till the situation gets under control. 

They are ordered to conduct exams only after the next order from the government. All the universities, institutions, national and state boards have notified the same message to all the students through the digital mode. They are giving online assessments to their students  to maintain a flow of teaching.  This has also resulted in the extension of all the entrance exams. Now entrance exam dates will be altered accordingly so that students don’t find themselves in a difficult and complicated situation. Educational boards and universities have to decide a pattern keeping in mind the necessary time gap required by a student between two examinations.  Now, let’s have a look how it has impacted students of the country:

Students who were sitting for state boards or national boards haven’t finished their core examination. This implies the delayed results that they will be getting, can mess up the whole situation for them. Firstly, they might not get the required time to prepare and plan for their future. Secondly, students need to be notified on regular intervals about the upcoming examinations and admission procedures.

All the aspirants who were giving exams (like CGL, UPSC, IBPs extra) to crack a government job now have to wait till the next notice.  Students or candidates who want to settle abroad and are giving certain exams for the same in their home country. They have to do a lot of hassle because they will be getting limited time to complete the whole procedure.  

On the overall level all the students irrespective of their age have suffered due to Covid-19. But they are requested to remain patient. All the boards and universities will be soon sharing their future maps on their online portals. Students can access them and plan accordingly. 

This is a difficult time, but we have to face it. We can face it together. So, please keep giving your support to the government to have a perfect balance of peace and harmony.