The centre's decision to cancel the board exams came after more than 30 lakh students signed an online petition. The 15-year-old student launched a campaign through her social media profiles and tagged PMO India in an open letter dated April 13. In her emotional letter, Siya wrote how she had lost her father in 2020 due to a heart attack and the issues she is going through in this period. Siya also stressed in her letter that staying alive was more important than scoring marks in CBSE Board Exams. Recently, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had cancelled its class 10 board exams and postponed the class 12 board exams.

Source: dna April 26, 2021 05:14 UTC