CBSE Board exams for vocational courses to be held in February

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to hold exams for 'skill education' (vocational) and related subjects in the second half of February from next year onwards, it said on Wednesday. The examination for the core academic subjects such as languages, maths, and science subjects will continue to be held in March. The board in support of its decision cited a Delhi High Court directive which had asked it to ensure that the time of results of exams and re-evaluation are taken into account while determining the cut-off date for admission to colleges of Delhi University, it said in a statement. There are about 40 skill education courses being offered by the CBSE in class 12 and 10. "There are also certain other related subjects such as Typography and Computer Applications (English), Web applications, Graphics, Office Communication, etc. where there are very few students, in fact, less than 500.