Reportedly the sudden announcement by the government of tamilnadu to conduct board exams for Class 10 state board students from june 1 has raised eyebrows of stakeholders, who call it ‘a hurried decision’. Tamilnadu’s school education minister on tuesday announced that the state board exams for students studying Class 10 will be held from june 1 to june 12. These exams were originally scheduled between march 27 and april 13. However, after the government of tamilnadu ordered all the educational institutions to shut down as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the class 10 exams were postponed without specifying a date.
The minister on tuesday also announced that the exams which were to be held on march 24 and 26 for classes 12 and 11 respectively will also be held on june 4 and 2, respectively. He also stated that adequate precautions including physical distancing will be followed at exam centres during the exams. This announcement comes out of the blue for the people in tamil Nadu even as the number of COVID-19 cases in the state is on the rise. On monday alone, tamil Nadu recorded 798 new cases of COVID-19, thus taking the tally of the total number of cases to 8002. Fifty-three people have died while getting treated in hospitals in tamilnadu for COVID-19.
The decision to conduct class 10 exams from june 1 has left teachers across the spectrum government schools, government-aided school and private schools apprehensive. Many teachers feel that the government could have waited for a few more days to analyse the situation before making the announcement and releasing the exam timetable. For parents of students, it is a different ball-game altogether. With the number of new COVID-19 cases on the rise, parents are restricting the movement of their children outside their homes fearing infection.
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