Tamil Nadu government has postponed the class 10 general examinations which are scheduled from March 27 to April 13 as a preventive measure against coronavirus outbreak. Announcing the decision in the state Assembly, the Chief Minister K. Palaniswami said that the exams have been postponed to April 15.
He said a total about 9.45 lakh students would appear for the tenth standard exams in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
The last two papers for class 11 exam which are scheduled on March 23 and March 26, and last paper for class 12 exam which is scheduled on March 24 will be held as per schedule.
#coronavirus தொற்றை தடுக்கும் பொருட்டு 27.3.2020 - 13.4.2020 வரை நடைபெறவிருந்த 10-ம் வகுப்பு பொதுத்தேர்வுகள் தள்ளி வைக்கப்படும்.
— K.A Sengottaiyan (@KASengottaiyan) March 21, 2020
இத்தேர்வுகள் 15.4.2020 அன்று தொடங்கும்.
11th-23.3.2020, 26.3.2020 அன்றும், 12th-24.3.2020 அன்றும் திட்டமிட்டபடி தேர்வுகள் நடைபெறும். #TNEducation
Earlier, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami had ordered holiday for school students studying in LKG to fifth standard till March 31.
Tamil Nadu has joined the flurry of states that have postponed board exams in the last couple of days. States that have postponed board exams so far include Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, and Maharashtra.
Board exams for CBSE and CISCE students have also been postponed. The new exam dates are expected to be announced on or after March 31.
All Higher Educational institutes across the country have also been directed by UGC to suspend classes and exams till March 31.
MHRD, in order to help students with studies whose classes have been suspended, has released a list of web-portals and mobile apps for e-based learning which are available free of cost.
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