THE GOAN NETWORK
MARGAO: Congress MLA Reginaldo Lourenco has urged ChiefMinister Pramod Sawant to postpone the Board exams scheduled in April-May 2021in view of the rising COVID-19 cases.
The MLA made the request after he received a letter fromthe Class Xth and Class XIIth students along with their parents of Curtorimvillage in the wake of the surge of the second wave of COVID-19 in Goa, whereinaround “1000 positive cases per day” are being recorded in the State.
Reginaldo drew attention of the Chief Minister that manyBoards across the country including CBSE, CISCE and a number of State Boardshave announced the cancellation of Class Xth and postponement of Class XIIthexams.
“It is given to understand that yesterday was one of theworst days for Goa vis à vis her fight with
coronavirus is concerned , the State lost 11 people andhad 7052 active cases . As on 18th April, there were total 884 deaths,” hesaid, while making a plea on behalf of the student community and the parents toimmediately postpone the Goa State Board Exams for Class Xth and Class XIIth inthe State of Goa. “Let us never ever forget the children are the pillars of ournation,” he added.
