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Modi said the health and safety of students are of utmost importance, and there would be no compromise on this aspect.

The decision follows a review meeting on Thursday that chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had with education department officials.

Last week, the board had postponed both class 10 and 12 exams.

According to the board, India will follow the non-examination route for the diploma programme, the career-related programme and the alternative task for the middle years programme.

The announcements came a day after the central government announced the cancellation of class 10 exams and the postponement of class 12 exams.

NEET-PG 2021 is scheduled on April 18.

The Central Board of Secondary Education can explore other methods, including online exams and promoting students on the basis of internal assessments, he said.

She said with over one lakh cases of COVID-19 being reported across the country, lakhs of children and parents have expressed fear and apprehension about assembling at exam centres

According to the revised date sheet for CBSE board exams 2021, the Class 10 exams would be held between May 4 and June 7.

Schools across the country were closed in March last year to contain the spread of COVID-19 ahead of a nationwide lockdown.