CBSE Class 12 Economics Re-Exam Date Clashing with Engineering Entrance Exams

CBSE’s decision to hold re-exam for Class 12 Economics has created additional stress and pressure on students appearing for entrance exams such as JEE Main. Particularly, those students from Science stream (from mathematics group) who have also opted for Economics are facing a tough situation. These students are in a state of nervousness since they will have to balance the time for the entrance exam and re-exam preparation. JEE Main offline exam will take place on April 08, 2018, while online test will be conducted on April 15 and April 16, 2018.

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As per CBSE’s decision, Economics re-exam for the Class 12 students will be conducted on April 25, 2018. It will be difficult for the students who are concentrating on entrance exams to yet again revise the Economics syllabus for the re-exam. However, they are left with no option except to prepare for both to secure decent marks. Science stream students (with Economics subject) are already vexed with the exam schedule of CBSE. The Physical Education exam is also scheduled to take place on April 13, 2018.

Surrounded by a bunch of exams, science stream students of Class 12 have already started their exam preparations. Managing time is the major concern to avoid unnecessary stress. On the other hand, many students felt that CBSE should not have cancelled the exam because of the mistakes committed by a few students.

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Various state-level engineering entrance exams are also scheduled to take place in April 2018 with which the CBSE re-exam date is clashing. However, no official information or confirmation was given by CBSE officials with respect to any change in date. As of now, the re-exam will be conducted as per schedule.