CBSE students on exam mode in Bahrain

Manama: Indian students have gone into exam mode as Indian education board CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) annual examinations for class 12 began today in Bahrain with English as the first paper.

Class 10 students will begin their exam tomorrow with Science as their first paper.

There are six schools in Bahrain following CBSE syllabus with around 1000 students appearing for class 12 exam today.

Council of CBSE affiliated Schools in the Gulf Bahrain Chapter Convener Dr Muhammad Tayyab told DT News that there are two centres in Bahrain this year –The Indian School Bahrain (ISB) and The  New Indian School (NIS) .

The  schools had given training  to children appearing for the exams to overcome the anxiety and support them in a better way. Principal of Indian School Bahrain V.R Palaniswamy is in charge of the New Indian School exam centre whereas Dr.V Gopalan, Principal of the New Indian School,  is in charge of the exam centre in The Indian School Bahrain.

The Indian School Bahrain recently held pre-board exam counseling session for the parents of students appearing for the board exams for class X and XII. The Counseling experts Dr Babu Ramachandran and Dr John Panakkal conducted counseling sessions them.

 Students from the Asian School, Ibn Al Hytham School, Al Noor School, New Indian School  and New Millennium School are writing exams in New Indian School Centre.

Globally, nearly 15,00,000 students are expected to appear for Class 10 and over 10,50,000 for the Class 12 exams. 

 The exams for class 10 will continue till March 28th and class 12 exams will end on April 22. ISB has arranged special bus service for children in addition to the regular bus.

  ISB Staff Representative Priya Laji said in a note to parents on ISB Facebook page:  Dear Parent, 'The board exams are going to start soon. I know you'll are really anxious for your child to do well but please do remember, amongst the students who will give the exams is an artist who doesn't need to understand Math. There's an entrepreneur who doesn't care about History or English literature. There's a musician whose Chemistry marks won't matter. There's a sportsperson whose physical fitness is more important than Physics. If your child does get top marks then great. But if he or she doesn't then don't take away their self-confidence from them. Tell them it's ok, it's just an exam. They are cut out for much bigger things in life. Tell them, no matter what they score you love them and will not judge them. Please do this and if you do, watch your children conquer the world. One exam or a 90 percent won't take away their dreams and talent.'