School Education Department in T.N. meets to discuss Class 12 board exams
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The School Education Department convened a gathering on Monday to discuss when the Class 12 board examinations could possibly be carried out in the State and the impression of the pandemic on faculties and studying.
Addressing mediapersons after the assembly, School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi stated preliminary discussions have been held with officers and that additional conferences can be held in the following few days.
“We have begun discussing the Class 12 board exams since we have to keep the future of the students in mind. Safety aspects of students and teachers were also discussed and we are looking at those issues. The Chief Minister is very clear that the health and safety of the students takes precedence over everything else and any decision will be taken keeping this in mind,” he stated.
While the Class 12 board exams, scheduled to start in May, have been postponed owing to the rise in COVID-19 instances throughout the State, the School Education Department had introduced that the Class 10 exams can be cancelled and that pointers can be issued on how college students could possibly be assessed for the yr.
“We are also looking at what other States have done in this regard. An announcement regarding the guidelines for Class 10 will be made soon,” the Minister stated.
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