The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will explore the possibility of setting up virtual laboratories for students, its chairman Vineet Joshi said here on Wednesday.

Speaking to presspersons at a programme organised by the Kuruvila Jacob Memorial Educational Trust at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, he said “There is no replacement to doing things oneself and learning, but virtual labs can reach more students.” The Board had recently sent out a circular to affiliated schools, urging them to refrain from pressuring students. “It is possible that as part of the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE), some schools put pressure on students by giving excessive project work. We have also insisted that project work be taken up in class, and group activity should also be encouraged,” Mr. Joshi said............Click for more

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