UAE pupils face delays after an Indian educational board postponed key exams.
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations on Friday said exams for Grade 10 and Grade 12 are being deferred.
The exams had been scheduled to run in May but surging Covid-19 case numbers in India made staging them impossible, it said.
A final decision on whether they can be held will be taken by the first week of June.
Only a handful of schools follow this curriculum in the UAE with the majority following the CBSE.
On Wednesday it was announced that the thousands of Indian curriculum pupils in the UAE following the CBSE will not sit summer exams this year.
The decision by officials in New Delhi affects all Grade 10 pupils studying this curriculum.
Grade 12 pupils also had their exams postponed for the second time this year owing to the pandemic.
The CBSE exams are conducted in grades 10 and 12, and are the Indian equivalent of GCSEs and A levels.
Indian hit by Covid-19 – in pictures
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A man undergoes a swab sample at a railway station in New Delhi, India, on April 7, 2021. Reuters -
A woman covers her mouth in Bangalore, India, on April 7, 2021. The country recorded 115,736 new coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour reporting period, the highest daily figure since the start of the pandemic. A second wave of Covid-19 in India has led several states, including Maharashtra and the capital, New Delhi, to reimpose restrictions. EPA -
A girl undergoes a swab test at a bus stop in Bangalore, India, on April 7, 2021. EPA -
A woman undergoes a swab test at a bus stop in Bangalore, India, on April 7, 2021. EPA -
A health worker checks a train passenger’s temperature and pulse on a railway station platform in Mumbai, India, on April 7, 2021. Reuters -
A man is immunised against Covid-19 at a government hospital in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, on April 7, 2021. AP -
A woman and her children wait for a train at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai, India, on April 7, 2021. Mumbai and dozens of other cities have imposed night-time curfews to counter a rise in coronavirus infections. AP -
Protesters wearing hazmat suits demonstrate near the Election Commission office in Kolkata on April 7, 2021. They demand that the ongoing state legislative election and campaign rallies be put on hold because of the rise in coronavirus cases. AFP -
Passengers sanitise their baggage using a UV disinfection machine at a railway terminal in Mumbai, India, on April 7, 2021. AFP -
A health worker takes the body temperature of incoming passengers at a railway terminal. Restrictions were imposed in Mumbai by the state government because of a rising number of Covid-19 cases. AFP -
A woman police officer tells a man to wear face mask during an awareness campaign against the spread of Covid-19 at a traffic junction in Hyderabad, India, on April 7, 2021. AFP -
Volunteers take part in a Covid-19 awareness rally to mark World Health Day, in Kolkata, India, on April 7, 2021. EPA
