Class 10 board exams to be compulsory from 2017-18
The government will reintroduce compulsory class X board examination for CBSE schools from the 2017-18 academic year, Education Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday. State governments will be allowed to reintroduce Class 5 and Class 8 board examinations, a proposal for which will be tabled in the Cabinet and then in the Parliament, he added.