India, Feb. 19 -- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board will soon release the draft on conducting board examinations twice a year, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday after a meeting with board officials.

Pradhan said that examination improvement and reform is an important focus of the government and a key step towards creating a stress-free learning environment for students.

"...This reform is another crucial step towards implementation of key provisions of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 and will help mitigate exam related stress among the students," he said on X.

Rahul Singh, CBSE chairperson, said the board is targeting to put out the draft for public consultations by next week. "Th...