Since the lockdown has been extended in India till May 3^rd, lakhs of CBSE students across the country will have to wait for the declaration of the schedule for the remaining examinations. The CBSE Board Exams, 2020 for classes 10^th and 12^th will likely to be held after the lockdown is lifted. The Central Board of Secondary Examination has not announced any new date so far to conduct the remaining exams for classes 10^th and 12^th.

Class 10 subjects for which exams are yet to be conducted are as follows:

1. Hindi Course A

2. Hindi Course B

3. English Communication

4. English Language

5. Social Science

6. Science

Class 12 subjects for which exams are yet to be conducted are as follows:

1. Business Studies

2. Geography

3. Hindi (Elective)

4. Hindi (Core)

5. Home Science

6. Sociology

7. Computer Science (Old)

8. Computer Science (New)

9. Information Practice (Old)

10. Information Practice (new)

11. Information Technology

12. Bio-Technology

Change in Syllabus for academic year 2020-21:

Meanwhile, the CBSE officials have made an announcement that the syllabus will be changed from the next academic year. They said that most of the non-academic activities will be removed and have asked the schools to spend most of the time in academic sessions. It is also learnt that the volume of syllabus will be reduced to compensate the time lost due to lockdown.

Live Fitness Classes on You Tube and Other Social Media:

CBSE has launched live fitness classes to enable students to get some physical exercise during this lockdown. They have been conducting live meditation, yoga and exercise classes to all the students from 15^th April. These CBSE fitness classes will be available to everyone LIVE on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram daily at 9:30 am.

Government of AP has announced recruitment of 10700 grama / ward volunteers across the state of Andhra Pradesh. Application submission at the district level will start from 20th April 2020 and the total recruitment process will be completed by 1st May 2020. Government of AP has been appreciated by many as the volunteers system has been efficient in delivering essential services to the poor during lockdown.

Vacancies in rural and urban areas:

In villages, Grama volunteers posts will be filled by MPDOs. In urban areas, ward volunteers posts will be filled by municipal commissioners. Notification also will be issued by respective officials after collecting information on vacancies. AP Government has filled as many as 1 lakh volunteers in 2019.

Details of vacancies:

About 5200 vacancies in rural areas and 5500 vacancies in urban areas are identified by the Government. 50 percent of the posts will be reserved for women candidates. Mandal and village wise vacancies will be notified by MPDOs in the notifications.

Personal Interviews:

Interviews will be conducted at the mandal level for shortlisted candidates. 100 marks will be alloted for interviews. Candidates are expected to have good understanding of government schemes, navaratnalu etc. Marks are distributed as follows:

Knowledge of Govt Schemes: 25 marks
Participation in Government schemes and social service: 25 marks
Leadership skills and communication skills: 25 marks
Other skills: 25 marks

Age criteria:

Age of the candidates should be between 18 – 35 years as on 1st January 2020.

Online Applications:

Interested and eligible candidates can apply online through gswsvolunteer.apcfss.in . Local candidates will be preferred. Following is the application and selection schedule:

Release of Notification: 20th April 2020
Last date for online applications: 24 April 2020
Scrutiny of applications: 25 April 2020
Personal Interviews: 27 – 29 April 2020
Appointment Orders: 1 May 2020
Website: gswsvolunteer.apcfss.in