Overview
- All Class 12 examinations scheduled from March 16 to April 10 have been called off for students in Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
- Exams that were previously postponed through circulars issued on March 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 now stand cancelled rather than rescheduled.
- The board said it will notify the method and timeline for declaring results for these candidates in due course.
- Officials said the decision followed reviews of feasibility and security, drawing on inputs from schools and authorities during the regional US–Israel–Iran conflict.
- Indian diplomatic missions and school principals have been formally alerted, with the Riyadh embassy holding a virtual briefing for CBSE school heads in Saudi Arabia.