Delhi urges CBSE to waive off exam fees of all govt school students of class 10 

DoE director Udit Prakash Rai said they have been receiving a number of requests from parents expressing their inability to pay examination fee due to loss of income due to the ongoing pandemic.

“The pandemic has created an economic crisis, shuttering business and cutting jobs around the world. The pandemic has badly affected all aspects of life. On one hand, many families have lost their close ones and on the other, many of them have become unemployed due to the ongoing Covid pandemic.

“After a long time, formal education has started once again in schools. Now, the problems regarding paying Central Board of Secondary Education examination fee have emerged before the parents,” the letter written on September 23 read.

Keeping in view the COVID situation in the country, the Directorate of Education, Delhi said in a letter to CBSE, “A number of requests have been received from parents, expressing their inability to pay the Examination fee due to loss of income in the ongoing pandemic.”

Earlier this week, the CBSE announced that it will not charge any examination or registration fees from students who lost their parents to the Covid 19 pandemic.