The government has declared the tentative board exam dates, but students and teachers are worried about practising for them. After almost an entire academic year of online learning the board exams are to be held offline. But with no clarity on when schools are likely to reopen, students are missing out on practice sessions; under regular circumstances, each student appears for at least two prelims - one in school one at the coaching classes - before the board exam.

Amid the pandemic, the education sector has suffered a major hit, and the most affected are those who have to appear for board examinations this year. They have had no practice to appear for the three-hour offline paper.